2.9 ▼ -6.5%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Murrami · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Murrami
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 64.6% of families in Murrami, driving the area's family-focused profile. These larger households mean the typical home in Murrami is more crowded than most across the country, with fewer people living alone than the national average.
2.9
▼ -6.5%
- 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 Murrami — higher than 81% of areas.
| Murrami | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 2705, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Murrami are larger than usual, with 2.9 people per house compared to the national figure of 2.5. This is reflected in the low number of people living alone, at just 15.9%, which is well below the New South Wales rate of 25.0%.
15.9% ▼ -33.2%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Murrami, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 3 people (16%) and 1 person (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is dominated by couples with children, who represent 64.6% of all families. Meanwhile, one-parent families make up only 8.3%, a figure well below both the state and national averages of around 14%.
8.3% ▼ -58.7%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Murrami, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; 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 Murrami [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12861/murrami/topic/family-households