Maranup · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Maranup

How families and households are made up across the area.

Small household sizes define daily life in Maranup, where the typical home has just 2.0 people. This is well below the national figure of 2.5, making it a place where few large families live together.

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📍 Maranup, Suburb / Locality

Where Maranup sits — Average household size

2.0
  • 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 Maranup — lower than 86% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Maranup2.0
6256, WA 2.5
Western Australia 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Almost half of all homes in Maranup house two people, and only 16.0% of residents live alone. This proportion of single-person households is well below the 25.6% seen across Australia.

2.0

Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.0
  • 2021: 2.0

Average number of people usually resident per household.

16.0%

Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 12.5%
  • 2021: 16.0%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Maranup, 2 people is the majority at 60%; 1 person is next at 20%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Half of the families here are couples without children, while 35.7% are couples with children. One-parent families make up 11.9%, which is a little below the Western Australian figure of 13.5%.

11.9%

Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 11.9%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Maranup, Couples without children is the majority at 51%; Couples with children is next at 37%.

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 Maranup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50897/maranup/topic/family-households