2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 1.8
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Marengo · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Marengo
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than a third of homes in Marengo are occupied by just one person, a figure well above the national average. This trend has led to smaller households overall, with the typical home now holding about 2.1 people. The area is mostly made up of couples, both with and without children.
2.1
▼ -4.5%
- 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 Marengo — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
People per home have edged down to 2.1, which is a little below the Victorian and national figures. This is driven by a high number of single-person households; 33.6% of residents live alone, which is well above the 25.6% seen across Australia.
33.6% ▼ -2.6%
Higher than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 34.5%
- 2016: 42.0%
- 2021: 33.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Marengo, the largest group is 2 people at 45%, followed by 1 person (33%) and 4 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up half of all families here, while 41.5% are couples with children. Only 6.7% of families are one-parent households, a rate that is well below the national average and has fallen since 2011.
6.7% ▼ -25.0%
Lower than 93% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 6.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Marengo, Couples without children is the majority at 50%; Couples with children is next at 42%.
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 Marengo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222049/marengo/topic/family-households