2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Moruya Heads · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Moruya Heads
How families and households are made up across the area.
A shift toward smaller living arrangements has shaped Moruya Heads, where nearly 30% of people now live alone. This is well above the national figure, contributing to a smaller typical household size than most other areas.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 Heads — lower than 71% of areas.
| Moruya Heads | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2537, NSW | 2.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Moruya Heads holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the New South Wales figure of 2.6. This lower density is driven by a high number of single-person households, with 29.6% of residents living alone.
29.6% ▲ +33.2%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.2%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 29.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Moruya Heads, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Nearly half of families here are couples with children, while 38.1% are couples without children. One-parent families make up 13.6% of the total, a figure that is higher than most similar areas and about the same as the Australian average.
13.6% ▼ -16.1%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.2%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Moruya Heads, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by Couples without children (38%) and One-parent families (14%).
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 Heads [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12746/moruya-heads/topic/family-households