2.7 —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.1
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Murrawee · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Murrawee
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are common in Murrawee, where the typical home holds 2.7 people. This is a family-focused area with a striking absence of single-parent homes, making it very different from the state and national patterns.
2.7
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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 Murrawee — higher than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Most homes in Murrawee house two people (34.1%), while a quarter of residents live alone. This typical household size of 2.7 people is higher than in most similar areas.
25.0% —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Murrawee, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 4 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with children dominate the local landscape, making up 73.1% of households. Notably, there are no one-parent families here, a figure far below the national average of 14.1%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Murrawee, Couples with children is the majority at 69%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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 Murrawee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21842/murrawee/topic/family-households