2.6 —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Marraweeney · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Marraweeney
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small household sizes have remained steady in Marraweeney, though the area now sees a much higher rate of single parents than most similar places. This shift is reflected in the family data, where one in five families are headed by a single parent.
2.6
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- 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
- 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
- 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
- 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
- 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
- 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
- 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
- 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
- 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
- 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
- 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
- 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
- 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
- 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
- 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
- 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
- 3.9–4.0: 258 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Marraweeney — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Far fewer people live alone here compared to the national figure, at just 11.5%. Most homes hold two people (42.3%), and the typical home size of 2.6 people is about the same as across Victoria and Australia.
11.5% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 36.4%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Marraweeney, the largest group is 2 people at 50%, followed by 4 people (18%) and 5 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 20% of the total, which is well above the 14.1% national figure. Couples with children are the most common family type at 43.6%, followed by couples without children at 34.5%.
20.0% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Marraweeney, the largest group is Couples with children at 44%, followed by Couples without children (35%) and One-parent families (20%).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Marraweeney [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21614/marraweeney/topic/family-households