2.5 → 0.0%
Higher than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Murray · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Murray
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all families in Murray are couples with children, making this the most common household type. This family-centric layout contributes to larger homes, with the typical household containing 2.5 people.
2.5
→ 0.0%
- 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 Murray — higher than 71% of areas.
| Murray | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Greater Perth | 2.6 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 24.5% of people here live alone, which is much lower than most other areas. The most common household size is two people, accounting for 39.2% of all homes.
24.5% ▲ +6.4%
Lower than 76% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 23.0%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 24.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Murray, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 14.5% of the total, a figure that is higher than most areas and has risen by 2.0 points since 2011.
14.5% ▲ +16.2%
Higher than 59% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Murray, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 33%.
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 Murray [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA56230/murray/topic/family-households