3.3 ▲ +3.1%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2
- 2016: 3.3
- 2021: 3.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Marsden · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Marsden
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than double the national rate of one-parent families live in Marsden, where homes are far more crowded than usual. With a typical 3.3 people per household, it is one of the most densely populated residential areas in the region.
3.3
▲ +3.1%
- 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 Marsden — higher than 91% of areas.
| Marsden | 3.3 |
|---|---|
| 4132, QLD | 3.2 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Marsden are much larger than the state and national figure of 2.5 people. This is reflected in the low number of people living alone, at just 18.7%, which is well below the Australian average of 25.6%.
18.7% ▲ +25.1%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 18.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Marsden splits fairly evenly between 2 people (23%) and 1 person (19%), with 3 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family types are varied, though couples with children make up the majority at 62.4%. One-parent families are very common here at 23.6%, a figure well above the Queensland average of 15.4%.
23.6% ▲ +6.6%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.2%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 23.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Marsden, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; One-parent families 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 Marsden [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31775/marsden/topic/family-households