2.6 ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Murarrie · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Murarrie
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people are living alone in Murarrie than in most other areas, a trend that has shifted since 2011. The suburb is largely defined by family life, with 57.6% of homes consisting of couples with children. This focus on family units means homes here tend to be larger than the national typical.
2.6
▼ -3.7%
- 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 Murarrie — higher than 57% of areas.
| Murarrie | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 4172, QLD | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 2.6 people per home, Murarrie has higher occupancy than most similar areas, though this has edged down since 2011. Only 19.4% of residents live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%.
19.4% ▲ +16.8%
Lower than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Murarrie, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (19%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 57.6% of families here, while couples without children account for 27.1%. One-parent families make up 13.3% of the total, a figure that fell 4.7 percentage points since 2011.
13.3% ▼ -26.4%
Higher than 51% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Murarrie, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; 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 Murarrie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/301031017/murarrie/topic/family-households