2.0 ▼ -13.0%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Marble Bar · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Marble Bar
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all homes in Marble Bar are occupied by just one person. This makes it an area of very small households, with a typical home holding only 2.0 people, which is well below the national figure of 2.5.
2.0
▼ -13.0%
- 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 Marble Bar — lower than 86% of areas.
| Marble Bar | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 6760, WA | 2.6 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Living alone is far more common here than in the rest of Australia, with 57.4% of households consisting of one person. This represents a 22 point increase since 2011 and helps explain why the number of people per home has fallen to 2.0.
57.4% ▲ +64.3%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 34.9%
- 2016: 35.3%
- 2021: 57.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Marble Bar, 1 person is the majority at 60%; 2 people is next at 28%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 20.0% of the local mix, a figure that is well above both the state and national averages. This has risen slightly since 2011, while couples with children remain the most common family type at 51.1%.
20.0% ▲ +17.7%
Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 33.9%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Marble Bar, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 Marble Bar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522044/marble-bar/topic/family-households