2.1 → 0.0%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Marleston · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Marleston
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Marleston than in most similar areas, with 36.8% of households consisting of just one person. This high number of single-person homes means the typical household is smaller than the state and national figures.
2.1
→ 0.0%
- 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 Marleston — lower than 81% of areas.
| Marleston | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 5033, SA | 2.3 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Marleston has 2.1 people, which is much lower than most areas. This is driven by a high number of people living alone, a figure that is far above the national average of 25.6%.
36.8% ▼ -4.5%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.6%
- 2016: 36.8%
- 2021: 36.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Marleston splits fairly evenly between 1 person (37%) and 2 people (32%), with 3 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
About half of families here are couples with children, while 33.2% are couples without children. One-parent families make up 14.1% of the total, which is higher than most areas but about the same as the Australian average.
14.1% ▲ +2.2%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Marleston, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (33%) and One-parent families (14%).
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 Marleston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40835/marleston/topic/family-households