2.5 → 0.0%
Lower than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Muswellbrook · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Muswellbrook
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 30% of households in Muswellbrook are occupied by a single person, a figure well above the national average. This highlights a distinct living pattern for the area, where a high number of people live alone alongside a significant presence of one-parent families.
2.5
→ 0.0%
- 1.0: 7 areas
- 1.1: 0 areas
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 3 areas
- 1.4: 6 areas
- 1.5: 9 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 13 areas
- 1.8: 28 areas
- 1.9: 37 areas
- 2.0: 54 areas
- 2.1: 115 areas
- 2.2: 188 areas
- 2.3: 287 areas
- 2.4: 258 areas
- 2.5: 272 areas
- 2.6: 246 areas
- 2.7: 211 areas
- 2.8: 190 areas
- 2.9: 149 areas
- 3.0: 119 areas
- 3.1: 66 areas
- 3.2: 44 areas
- 3.3: 38 areas
- 3.4: 30 areas
- 3.5: 10 areas
- 3.6: 8 areas
- 3.7: 5 areas
- 3.8: 4 areas
- 3.9: 2 areas
- 4.0: 3 areas
- 4.1: 1 area
- 4.2: 1 area
- 4.3: 2 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 0 areas
- 5.0: 2 areas
- 5.1: 1 area
- 5.2: 0 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 0 areas
- 5.5: 0 areas
- 5.6: 0 areas
- 5.7: 0 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 0 areas
- 6.0: 2 areas
All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Muswellbrook — lower than 57% of areas.
| Muswellbrook | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 2333, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Muswellbrook holds 2.5 people, which is about the same as the national figure. However, the proportion of people living alone has risen to 29.6%, which is well above the New South Wales average of 25%.
29.6% ▲ +12.1%
Higher than 70% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 29.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Muswellbrook splits fairly evenly between 2 people (32%) and 1 person (30%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 19.8% of the local total, a figure that is much higher than most areas and well above the Australian average of 14.1%. This group has grown by 3.4 percentage points since 2011.
19.8% ▲ +21.0%
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 19.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Muswellbrook, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Muswellbrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/106041126/muswellbrook/topic/family-households