2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Murwillumbah · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Murwillumbah
How families and households are made up across the area.
Family and household patterns in Murwillumbah have remained remarkably steady since 2011. The area is now marked by a high number of people living alone and a much higher rate of single-parent families than the national average. Around 31% of all homes are occupied by just one person.
2.4
→ 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 Murwillumbah — lower than 64% of areas.
| Murwillumbah | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2484, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 31% of people here live alone, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 25%. While most homes house two people, the typical household size is 2.4 people, a figure that has barely changed over the last decade.
31.0% ▲ +2.4%
Higher than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 30.2%
- 2016: 30.5%
- 2021: 31.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Murwillumbah splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (31%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 22.3% of the total, a rate that is well above the Australian average of 14.1%. Nearly half of all families are couples with children, while 27.1% are couples without children.
22.3% ▼ -2.1%
Higher than 91% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 22.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Murwillumbah, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (27%) and One-parent families (22%).
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 Murwillumbah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/112031251/murwillumbah/topic/family-households