2.2 ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Maryborough · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Maryborough
How families and households are made up across the area.
One in three people in Maryborough now live alone, a figure well above the national average. This trend has contributed to a shift toward smaller households over the last decade, with the typical home now housing 2.2 people.
2.2
▼ -8.3%
- 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 Maryborough — lower than 64% of areas.
| Maryborough | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 4650, QLD | 2.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person households make up 33.3% of the area, which is well above the Queensland figure of 24.7%. This rise in people living alone helps explain why the typical home size has fallen from 2.4 people in 2011 to 2.2 today.
33.3% ▲ +32.5%
Higher than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2021: 33.3%
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 (33%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 23.3% of the total, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. This figure has risen by 5.3 points since 2011, while couples with children account for 40.9% of families.
23.3% ▲ +29.4%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2021: 23.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Maryborough, the largest group is Couples with children at 41%, followed by Couples without children (35%) and One-parent families (23%).
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/ucl/UCL312003/maryborough/topic/family-households