1.5 ▼ -37.5%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 1.7
- 2021: 1.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Marree · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Marree
How families and households are made up across the area.
A far higher proportion of people live alone in Marree than across South Australia, where 71% of households are single-person homes. This creates a unique social landscape where small household sizes are the norm, and one-parent families make up more than half of all family units.
1.5
▼ -37.5%
- 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 Marree — lower than 99% of areas.
| Marree | 1.5 |
|---|---|
| 5733, SA | 1.9 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person households are very common at 71%, which is far above the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why the typical home in Marree has only 1.5 people, well below the South Australian average of 2.4.
71.0% ▲ +114.5%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.1%
- 2016: 55.0%
- 2021: 71.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Marree, 1 person is the majority at 81%; 2 people is next at 19%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 54.2% of the total, a figure far above the 14.1% seen across Australia. This is among the highest proportions for this type of family in similar areas.
54.2% ▲ +418.1%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 43.6%
- 2021: 54.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Marree, One-parent families is the majority at 62%; Couples with children is next at 24%.
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 Marree [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40838/marree/topic/family-households