Maroon · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Maroon

How families and households are made up across the area.

Far fewer one-parent families live in Maroon than in the rest of Queensland, with only 4.9% of families falling into this group. Most households here are small, with the typical home holding 2.3 people.

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📍 Maroon, Suburb / Locality

Where Maroon sits — Average household size

2.3
  • 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 Maroon — lower than 71% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Maroon2.3
4310, QLD 2.4
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Homes in Maroon are slightly smaller than the national figure of 2.5 people. Two-person households are the most common, making up 44.4% of the area.

2.3

Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.1
  • 2021: 2.3

Average number of people usually resident per household.

23.8%

Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 27.6%
  • 2021: 23.8%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Maroon, the largest group is 2 people at 47%, followed by 1 person (25%) and 4 people (17%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Over half of families are couples with children, while couples without children make up 39.8%. This helps explain why one-parent families are well below the Australian figure of 14.1%.

4.9%

Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 8.3%
  • 2021: 4.9%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Maroon, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 39%.

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 Maroon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31773/maroon/topic/family-households