2.5 → 0.0%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Muswellbrook · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Muswellbrook
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 20% of families in Muswellbrook are headed by a single parent, a figure well above the national average. This highlights a distinct local landscape where one-parent homes are much more common than in most other areas. While most households follow typical patterns, there is a notable number of people living on their own here.
2.5
→ 0.0%
- 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 Muswellbrook — higher than 50% of areas.
| Muswellbrook | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 2333, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 29.6% of residents live alone, which is well above the 25.6% national figure. Despite this, the typical home size of 2.5 people is about the same as across Australia.
29.6% ▲ +12.2%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 29.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Muswellbrook splits fairly evenly between 2 people (32%) and 1 person (30%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 19.8% of the total, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 14.0%. Couples with children are the most common group, accounting for 54.1% of families.
19.8% ▲ +20.9%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 19.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Muswellbrook, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Muswellbrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12879/muswellbrook/topic/family-households