Mount Marrow · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Mount Marrow

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.

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📍 Mount Marrow, Suburb / Locality

Where Mount Marrow sits — Average household size

3.3
  • 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 Mount Marrow — higher than 91% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Mount Marrow3.3
4306, QLD 2.9
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

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.

  • 2016: 3.6
  • 2021: 3.3

Average number of people usually resident per household.

13.7%

Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 22.6%
  • 2021: 13.7%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Mount Marrow splits fairly evenly between 2 people (28%) and 6 or more (24%), with 3 people at 18%.

Families

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.

  • 2016: 7.4%
  • 2021: 8.0%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Mount Marrow, Couples with children is the majority at 73%; Couples without children is next at 19%.

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 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