3.1 ▲ +55.0%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.0
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 3.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Maryknoll · Urban Centre
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 70.4% of families in Maryknoll, making it a very family-focused area. This is reflected in the local housing, where homes are typically larger than average and the number of people living alone has dropped sharply since 2011.
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Maryknoll — higher than 88% of areas.
Average household size.
Homes here are some of the most crowded at this level, with 3.1 people per household, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5. Meanwhile, people living alone have plummeted to just 11.2%, a figure far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
3.1 ▲ +55.0%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
11.2% ▼ -68.8%
Lower than 95% of urban centre areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Maryknoll splits fairly evenly between 2 people (30%) and 4 people (25%), with 3 people at 18%.
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up only 5.5% of the local mix, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This is a significant drop from 2011, when that figure stood at 14.5%.
5.5% ▼ -62.2%
Lower than 98% of urban centre areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Maryknoll, Couples with children is the majority at 70%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Maryknoll [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221047/maryknoll/topic/family-households