2.6 —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Murraydale · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Murraydale
How families and households are made up across the area.
Large family groups are the norm in Murraydale, where few people live by themselves. The area is mostly made up of couples and their children, contributing to a higher number of people per home than in most similar areas.
2.6
—
- 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 Murraydale — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
A typical home here has 2.6 people, which is about the same as the state and national figures. Only 18.4% of people live alone, a figure well below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
18.4% —
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Murraydale, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 3 people (29%) and 1 person (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 60% of families, while one-parent families are completely absent at 0%. This is far below the national figure of 14.1%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Murraydale, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 45%.
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 Murraydale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21844/murraydale/topic/family-households