2.2 ▼ -12.0%
Lower than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Murweh · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Murweh
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are living alone in Murweh than in previous years, with the number of single-person households rising 6.8 percentage points since 2011. This shift means the typical home now holds fewer people, with a typical size of 2.2 residents.
2.2
▼ -12.0%
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 1 area
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 5 areas
- 1.9: 5 areas
- 2.0: 9 areas
- 2.1: 26 areas
- 2.2: 77 areas
- 2.3: 107 areas
- 2.4: 90 areas
- 2.5: 83 areas
- 2.6: 39 areas
- 2.7: 30 areas
- 2.8: 18 areas
- 2.9: 13 areas
- 3.0: 3 areas
- 3.1: 9 areas
- 3.2: 5 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 4 areas
- 3.5: 5 areas
- 3.6: 1 area
- 3.7: 3 areas
- 3.8: 2 areas
- 3.9: 1 area
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 2 areas
- 4.3: 0 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 1 area
All council (lga) areas, 2021. The marker is Murweh — lower than 86% of areas.
| Murweh | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Qld | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 35.4% of people in Murweh live alone, which is far above the Queensland figure of 24.7%. This high number of single-person homes helps explain why the typical household size is much lower than most other areas.
35.4% ▲ +23.6%
Higher than 87% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 30.9%
- 2021: 35.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Murweh splits fairly evenly between 2 people (36%) and 1 person (35%), with 3 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group of families at 48.6%. Meanwhile, one-parent families represent 16.0% of the total, a figure that has risen since 2011 and is now a little above the national average.
16.0% ▲ +24.3%
Higher than 69% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Murweh, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (34%) and One-parent families (16%).
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 Murweh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA35600/murweh/topic/family-households