Maryknoll · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Maryknoll

How families and households are made up across the area.

Far fewer people live alone in Maryknoll compared to the rest of the country. This is a place dominated by larger households, where 70.4% of families consist of couples with children.

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📍 Maryknoll, Suburb / Locality

Where Maryknoll sits — Average household size

3.1 → 0.0%
  • 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 Maryknoll — higher than 88% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Maryknoll3.1
3812, VIC 2.9
Victoria 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Homes here are larger than usual, with 3.1 people per household compared to the national figure of 2.5. This is reflected in the fact that only 11.2% of people live alone, which is far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.

3.1 → 0.0%

Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.1
  • 2016: 3.1
  • 2021: 3.1

Average number of people usually resident per household.

11.2% ▼ -25.9%

Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 15.2%
  • 2016: 13.7%
  • 2021: 11.2%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Maryknoll splits fairly evenly between 2 people (30%) and 4 people (25%), with 3 people at 18%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Family life is centered on couples with children, who make up 70.4% of the total. One-parent families are much less common here at 5.5%, a figure well below the 14.1% national average.

5.5% ▲ +16.4%

Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 4.7%
  • 2016: 5.0%
  • 2021: 5.5%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Maryknoll, Couples with children is the majority at 70%; Couples without children is next at 24%.

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 Maryknoll [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21619/maryknoll/topic/family-households