2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Maryborough · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Maryborough
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much higher rates of single-person living than most similar areas define the domestic life of Maryborough. Nearly 40% of homes here are occupied by one person, which is far above the national figure of 25.6%. This trend contributes to the area having fewer people per home than the state average.
2.1
▼ -4.5%
- 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 Maryborough — lower than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Only 2.1 people live in the typical home, which is a little below the Victorian figure of 2.5. This is driven by the 39% of residents who live alone, a rate that is among the highest for areas of this size.
39.0% ▲ +8.0%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.1%
- 2016: 37.4%
- 2021: 39.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Maryborough splits fairly evenly between 1 person (39%) and 2 people (37%), with 3 people at 10%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 21.7% of the total, a figure that is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. Other family types include couples with children at 40.1% and couples without children at 36.7%.
21.7% ▲ +8.3%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 21.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Maryborough splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (40%) and Couples without children (37%), with One-parent families at 22%.
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 Maryborough [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21618/maryborough/topic/family-households