2.2 ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Moruya · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Moruya
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than five percentage points more people live alone in Moruya than in the New South Wales average. This trend contributes to a smaller typical household size than is common across the state and nation.
2.2
▼ -8.3%
- 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 Moruya — lower than 76% of areas.
| Moruya | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 2537, NSW | 2.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Moruya holds 2.2 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. This is reflected in the fact that 30.2% of residents live alone, a figure well above the Australian average of 25.6%.
30.2% ▲ +6.4%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 33.1%
- 2021: 30.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Moruya, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 16.1% of the total, which is much higher than most similar areas. This is a little above the 14.1% seen across Australia.
16.1% ▼ -11.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.2%
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Moruya splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (42%) and Couples without children (40%), with One-parent families at 16%.
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 Moruya [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12745/moruya/topic/family-households