2.1 ▼ -16.0%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Morpeth · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Morpeth
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than a third of people in Morpeth live on their own, making it an area with many small households. The typical home here holds just 2.1 people, which is much lower than most other areas in the country.
2.1
▼ -16.0%
- 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
- 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
- 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
- 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
- 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
- 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
- 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
- 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
- 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
- 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
- 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
- 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
- 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
- 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
- 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
- 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
- 3.9–4.0: 258 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Morpeth — lower than 81% of areas.
| Morpeth | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 2321, NSW | 2.8 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person homes are common, with 33.8% of people living alone, a figure well above the national 25.6%. This helps explain why the usual household size is just 2.1 people, which is a little below the Australian figure of 2.5.
33.8% ▲ +32.9%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 31.0%
- 2021: 33.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Morpeth, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 1 person (34%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 44.4%, while couples without children follow closely at 41.6%. One-parent families account for 13.5% of the total, which is higher than most areas but about the same as the state and national figures.
13.5% ▼ -13.0%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Morpeth splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (44%) and Couples without children (41%), with One-parent families at 13%.
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 Morpeth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12738/morpeth/topic/family-households