2.3 ▲ +9.5%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Murrabit · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Murrabit
How families and households are made up across the area.
A higher share of people living alone than the state average defines the household makeup in Murrabit. Small living arrangements are common here, with the typical home holding just 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5.
2.3
▲ +9.5%
- 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 Murrabit — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Nearly 30% of residents live alone, a figure well above the Victorian average. Two-person households are the most common, making up 46.5% of the total.
29.1% ▼ -1.4%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 29.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Murrabit, the largest group is 2 people at 45%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 45.4% of families, while 12.9% are one-parent families. This last group is more common here than in most similar areas, though it is a little below the national figure.
12.9% ▲ +3.9%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Murrabit, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by Couples without children (40%) and One-parent families (13%).
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 Murrabit [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21840/murrabit/topic/family-households