2.2 —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Murmungee · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Murmungee
How families and households are made up across the area.
Half of all homes in Murmungee house just two people, making it a place where small households are the norm. The area is defined by a lack of single-parent families and a high number of people living alone, with the typical home holding 2.2 people.
2.2
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- 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 Murmungee — lower than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Two-person homes are the most common at 50%, while 27.3% of residents live alone. This means Murmungee has more people living by themselves than most areas, and the typical home is a little smaller than the Victorian and national figure of 2.5 people.
27.3% —
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 27.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Murmungee, the largest group is 2 people at 48%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 56%, followed by 34% of couples without children. Notably, there are no one-parent families here, a figure that is far below both the state and national averages.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Murmungee, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; Couples without children is next at 38%.
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 Murmungee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21836/murmungee/topic/family-households