3.2 ▼ -3.0%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3
- 2016: 3.2
- 2021: 3.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Marlow Lagoon · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Marlow Lagoon
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people share a home in Marlow Lagoon than the national average, with typical households containing 3.2 people. This area is heavily focused on family life, which is reflected in the very low number of people living alone compared to the rest of the country.
3.2
▼ -3.0%
- 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 Marlow Lagoon — higher than 89% of areas.
| Marlow Lagoon | 3.2 |
|---|---|
| 0830, NT | 2.7 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than usual, with 3.2 people per home compared to the national figure of 2.5. Only 11.8% of people live alone, which is far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
11.8% ▲ +34.3%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Marlow Lagoon splits fairly evenly between 2 people (27%) and 4 people (23%), with 3 people at 18%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families at 71%. Only 3.1% of families are one-parent households, a figure that is far below both the Northern Territory and national levels.
3.1% ▼ -26.0%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 3.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Marlow Lagoon, Couples with children is the majority at 71%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Marlow Lagoon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70176/marlow-lagoon/topic/family-households