Murrayville · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Murrayville

How families and households are made up across the area.

More people live alone in Murrayville than in most similar areas. This creates a landscape where about 41% of homes are occupied by a single person, making the typical household size smaller than the state and national figures.

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📍 Murrayville, Suburb / Locality

Where Murrayville sits — Average household size

2.1 → 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 Murrayville — lower than 81% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Murrayville2.1
3512, VIC 2.2
Victoria 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Single-person households are far more common here than in Victoria or Australia, at 40.7%. This helps explain why the typical home in Murrayville has only 2.1 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5.

2.1 → 0.0%

Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.1
  • 2016: 2.1
  • 2021: 2.1

Average number of people usually resident per household.

40.7% ▲ +21.0%

Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 33.6%
  • 2016: 40.7%
  • 2021: 40.7%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Murrayville splits fairly evenly between 1 person (39%) and 2 people (36%), with 4 people at 13%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up 51.3% of families, while 40.8% are couples without children. One-parent families account for 9.9%, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.

9.9% ▲ +45.2%

Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 6.9%
  • 2016: 4.0%
  • 2021: 9.9%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Murrayville, Couples with children is the majority at 50%; Couples without children is next at 40%.

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 Murrayville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21845/murrayville/topic/family-households