2.0 —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Marion Bay · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Marion Bay
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over a third of households in Marion Bay are made up of just one person. This is far above the national figure and helps explain why homes here are smaller than in most other areas.
2.0
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- 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 Bay — lower than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home has only 2.0 people, which is well below the Australian figure of 2.5. This trend is driven by people living alone, who make up 35.7% of households, a result far above the national average.
35.7% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.5%
- 2021: 35.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Marion Bay, 1 person is the majority at 56%; 2 people is next at 28%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families are much more common here than in most areas, making up 22.2% of the total. This is well above both the Tasmanian figure of 15.9% and the national average of 14.1%.
22.2% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 22.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Marion Bay, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (26%) and One-parent families (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 Marion Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60384/marion-bay/topic/family-households