2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
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.
More people live alone in Maryborough than in most similar areas. This trend contributes to a smaller typical household size, as 36.6% of homes are occupied by just one person.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 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 Maryborough — lower than 76% of areas.
| Maryborough | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 4650, QLD | 2.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 36.6% of residents living alone, this is far above the Queensland figure of 24.7%. Consequently, the typical home has 2.2 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5.
36.6% ▲ +15.3%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.8%
- 2016: 34.0%
- 2021: 36.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Maryborough splits fairly evenly between 2 people (37%) and 1 person (37%), with 3 people at 11%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 26.4% of the total, a figure that is among the highest at this level and far above the Australian average of 14.1%.
26.4% ▲ +16.5%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 26.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Maryborough, the largest group is Couples with children at 39%, followed by Couples without children (33%) and One-parent families (26%).
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/SAL31778/maryborough/topic/family-households