2.7 ▲ +3.8%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Murray Downs · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Murray Downs
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up the largest group in Murray Downs, where 57.5% of families fit this description. This community has a much lower proportion of people living alone and single-parent families compared to the rest of the country. Most homes here are occupied by two or more people.
2.7
▲ +3.8%
- 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 Murray Downs — higher than 71% of areas.
| Murray Downs | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 2734, NSW | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Nearly half of all households have two people, while only 13.8% of residents live alone. This rate is far below the Australian figure of 25.6%, and the typical home holds 2.7 people, which is higher than most areas.
13.8% ▼ -17.0%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Murray Downs, the largest group is 2 people at 46%, followed by 3 people (16%) and 4 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families are rare here, making up just 3.1% of the total. This is far below the national figure of 14.1% and much lower than most similar areas.
3.1% ▼ -69.0%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 3.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Murray Downs, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 37%.
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 Murray Downs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12863/murray-downs/topic/family-households