2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Marrara · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Marrara
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than 30% of people live alone in Marrara, making it an area with many small households. This contributes to a typical home size of 2.2 people, which is well below the Northern Territory figure of 2.8.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 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 Marrara — lower than 76% of areas.
| Marrara | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 0812, NT | 2.8 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Small households are common here, with 40.2% of homes holding two people and 30.2% holding just one. The number of people living alone is well above both the national figure and the rest of the Territory.
30.2% ▲ +16.0%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 30.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Marrara, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (31%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
About half of families in Marrara are couples with children, while 40.1% are couples without children. Only 7.8% are one-parent families, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
7.8% ▼ -18.0%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 7.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Marrara, Couples with children is the majority at 50%; Couples without children is next at 40%.
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 Marrara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70178/marrara/topic/family-households