3.3 —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.6
- 2021: 3.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mount Marrow · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
A notable shift in household patterns has occurred in Mount Marrow, where home sizes are now well above national levels. The area is dominated by large family groups, with the typical home holding 3.3 people. This is significantly higher than the typical Australian household.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Mount Marrow — higher than 91% of areas.
| Mount Marrow | 3.3 |
|---|---|
| 4306, QLD | 2.9 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Average household size.
Large homes are the norm here, as 23.5% of households contain six or more people. Only 13.7% of residents live alone, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%.
3.3 —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
13.7% —
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Mount Marrow splits fairly evenly between 2 people (28%) and 6 or more (24%), with 3 people at 18%.
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 75.3% of families, meaning one-parent families are much less common here at 8.0% compared to the 14.1% national average.
8.0% —
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Mount Marrow, Couples with children is the majority at 73%; Couples without children is next at 19%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Mount Marrow [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31992/mount-marrow/topic/family-households