3.0 ▲ +66.7%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 1.8
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Marong · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Marong
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are the norm in Marong, where the typical home now holds three people. This is a big shift from a decade ago, making the area feel much more family-oriented than the state or national average.
3.0
▲ +66.7%
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 18 areas
- 1.8: 37 areas
- 1.9: 87 areas
- 2.0: 173 areas
- 2.1: 203 areas
- 2.2: 204 areas
- 2.3: 216 areas
- 2.4: 164 areas
- 2.5: 136 areas
- 2.6: 109 areas
- 2.7: 94 areas
- 2.8: 81 areas
- 2.9: 65 areas
- 3.0: 52 areas
- 3.1: 36 areas
- 3.2: 16 areas
- 3.3: 18 areas
- 3.4: 9 areas
- 3.5: 11 areas
- 3.6: 5 areas
- 3.7: 7 areas
- 3.8: 5 areas
- 3.9: 11 areas
- 4.0: 9 areas
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 6 areas
- 4.3: 4 areas
- 4.4: 6 areas
- 4.5: 5 areas
- 4.6: 4 areas
- 4.7: 3 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 3 areas
- 5.0: 3 areas
- 5.1: 0 areas
- 5.2: 2 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 1 area
- 5.5: 1 area
- 5.6: 1 area
- 5.7: 2 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 1 area
- 6.0: 0 areas
- 6.1: 2 areas
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Marong — higher than 87% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
With a typical 3.0 people per home, Marong has much higher density in its dwellings than most similar areas. This is mirrored by the fact that only 13.4% of people live alone, a figure that has plunged by 28 points since 2011.
13.4% ▼ -67.7%
Lower than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 41.4%
- 2016: 41.1%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Marong, the largest group is 2 people at 30%, followed by 4 people (24%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families at 71.6%. Only 7.2% of families are one-parent households, which is well below both the Victorian and national figures.
7.2% ▼ -50.2%
Lower than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 7.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Marong, Couples with children is the majority at 71%; Couples without children is next at 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 Marong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221046/marong/topic/family-households