2.5 ▲ +8.7%
Lower than 57% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Maroubra · State Electorate
Family & Households in Maroubra
How families and households are made up across the area.
A typical home in Maroubra now holds 2.5 people, reflecting a slow increase in household size since 2011. The area maintains a balanced mix of family types and living arrangements that closely mirror both state and national patterns.
2.5
▲ +8.7%
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 2 areas
- 1.9: 3 areas
- 2.0: 4 areas
- 2.1: 7 areas
- 2.2: 23 areas
- 2.3: 65 areas
- 2.4: 66 areas
- 2.5: 72 areas
- 2.6: 51 areas
- 2.7: 44 areas
- 2.8: 32 areas
- 2.9: 28 areas
- 3.0: 11 areas
- 3.1: 10 areas
- 3.2: 10 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 0 areas
- 3.5: 1 area
- 3.6: 0 areas
- 3.7: 0 areas
- 3.8: 0 areas
- 3.9: 1 area
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 1 area
All state electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Maroubra — lower than 57% of areas.
| Maroubra | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Greater Sydney | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
While the typical household has 2.5 people, the number of people living alone has fallen to 26.4%. Two-person homes are the most common, making up 31.3% of all households.
26.4% ▼ -12.8%
Higher than 54% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 30.3%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 26.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Maroubra splits fairly evenly between 2 people (31%) and 1 person (26%), with 4 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with couples and children are the most frequent group at 61.3%. One-parent families make up 13.3% of the total, a figure that has barely changed since 2011 and is about the same as the national average.
13.3% ▼ -1.2%
Lower than 56% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Maroubra, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 Maroubra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10051/maroubra/topic/family-households