2.3 ▼ -14.8%
Lower than 86% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Maryborough · Urban Area
Family & Households in Maryborough
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 44% of families in Maryborough are couples with children. The area is seeing a shift toward smaller households, with a growing number of people living alone and a higher proportion of single-parent families than the state average.
2.3
▼ -14.8%
- 2.0: 2 areas
- 2.1: 1 area
- 2.2: 11 areas
- 2.3: 27 areas
- 2.4: 24 areas
- 2.5: 27 areas
- 2.6: 9 areas
- 2.7: 5 areas
- 2.8: 3 areas
- 2.9: 0 areas
- 3.0: 1 area
- 3.1: 0 areas
- 3.2: 0 areas
- 3.3: 1 area
All urban area areas, 2021. The marker is Maryborough — lower than 86% of areas.
| Maryborough | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 4650, QLD | 2.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Maryborough now holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure and down from 2.7 in 2011. This trend is linked to more people living alone, which rose to 30.7% and is now well above the Queensland average.
30.7% ▲ +31.2%
Higher than 72% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 30.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Maryborough, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (31%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 20.6% of the local total, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas. This is well above the national average and has risen by 5.8 percentage points since 2011.
20.6% ▲ +38.8%
Higher than 89% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 20.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Maryborough, the largest group is Couples with children at 44%, followed by Couples without children (34%) and One-parent families (21%).
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 Maryborough [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/3012/maryborough/topic/family-households