3.0 ▼ -6.3%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2
- 2016: 3.2
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Muscle Creek · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Muscle Creek
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 70% of families in Muscle Creek are couples with children. This is a place where homes are larger than usual and very few people live by themselves.
3.0
▼ -6.3%
- 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 Muscle Creek — higher than 86% of areas.
| Muscle Creek | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| 2333, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Muscle Creek holds 3.0 people, which is much higher than most areas. Only 10.2% of people live alone, a figure that is far below both the state and national averages.
10.2% ▼ -2.4%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Muscle Creek, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 3 people (21%) and 4 people (21%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families here are couples with children, making up 69.5% of the total. One-parent families account for 7.8%, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
7.8% ▲ +51.3%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 7.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Muscle Creek, Couples with children is the majority at 68%; Couples without children is next at 21%.
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 Muscle Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12878/muscle-creek/topic/family-households