2.6 ▲ +8.3%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Marrakai · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Marrakai
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up the largest group of households in Marrakai, accounting for 60.4% of families. The area has a mix of family types, though it sees a higher rate of people living alone than most similar places.
2.6
▲ +8.3%
- 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 Marrakai — higher than 57% of areas.
| Marrakai | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 0822, NT | 3.8 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 27.9% of people here live alone, which is well above the Northern Territory figure of 23.8%. The typical home holds 2.6 people, a figure that is about the same as the national average of 2.5.
27.9% ▼ -7.9%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.2%
- 2016: 30.1%
- 2021: 27.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Marrakai splits fairly evenly between 2 people (30%) and 1 person (28%), with 3 people at 19%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family homes are common here, with 60.4% being couples with children and 23% being couples without. One-parent families make up 14.2% of the total, which is about the same as the Australian average.
14.2% ▲ +16.4%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Marrakai, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 23%.
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 Marrakai [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70177/marrakai/topic/family-households