2.3 ▲ +4.5%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Marion · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Marion
How families and households are made up across the area.
A high proportion of people living alone defines the household landscape in Marion, where 33% of homes are occupied by just one person. This figure is well above the national average and marks the area as a place with many small households.
2.3
▲ +4.5%
- 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 Marion — lower than 71% of areas.
| Marion | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 5043, SA | 2.2 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 33% of people living alone, Marion has a much higher rate of single-person homes than most similar areas. Consequently, the typical home holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the Australian figure of 2.5.
33.0% ▲ +1.8%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.4%
- 2016: 34.2%
- 2021: 33.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Marion splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (33%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Over half of all families here are couples with children, making up 53% of the total. One-parent families account for 13.3% of families, a rate that is higher than most areas but a little below the South Australian average.
13.3% ▲ +2.5%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Marion, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 32%.
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 Marion [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40830/marion/topic/family-households