2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Murringo · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Murringo
How families and households are made up across the area.
A higher share of people living alone than the national average defines Murringo today. This trend is mirrored in the smaller typical household size, with just 2.3 people per home compared to the Australian figure of 2.5.
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 Murringo — lower than 71% of areas.
| Murringo | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2586, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Nearly 30% of residents live by themselves, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 25%. Two-person homes are the most common, making up 33.5% of all households.
29.8% ▲ +30.6%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 29.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Murringo splits fairly evenly between 2 people (33%) and 1 person (29%), with 3 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 51.3% of families here. One-parent families account for 12.2%, which is a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
12.2% ▲ +6.7%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Murringo, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 36%.
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 Murringo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12869/murringo/topic/family-households