2.1 ▼ -12.5%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Marlo · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Marlo
How families and households are made up across the area.
A high proportion of people living alone—33.2%—defines the household landscape in Marlo. This is well above the national figure and reflects a shift toward smaller households. Overall, the area is quieter and less crowded than most other similar places.
2.1
▼ -12.5%
- 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 Marlo — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Marlo are smaller than usual, with just 2.1 people per dwelling compared to the national figure of 2.5. This trend has grown since 2011, and today 33.2% of households are people living alone, which is well above the Victorian average.
33.2% ▲ +58.8%
Higher than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 33.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Marlo, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 1 person (32%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples make up the vast majority of families here, with those with children accounting for 48.2% and those without for 46.4%. One-parent families make up only 5.9% of the total, a figure that is well below the national average and has fallen since 2011.
5.9% ▼ -50.0%
Lower than 96% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 5.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Marlo splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (48%) and Couples without children (46%), with One-parent families at 6%.
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 Marlo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222050/marlo/topic/family-households