2.6 —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Murroon · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Murroon
How families and households are made up across the area.
Just 16.7% of people in Murroon live alone, a figure well below the national average. This reflects a community where most residents live in multi-person households, with over half of all families including children.
2.6
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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 Murroon — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Most homes here house two people (56.7%), which helps explain why the proportion of single-person households is much lower than in most other areas. On average, there are 2.6 people per home, which is about the same as the typical Victorian household.
16.7% —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Murroon, 2 people is the majority at 59%; 1 person is next at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the biggest group at 53.9%, while couples without children account for 34.2%. Only 7.9% of families are headed by one parent, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
7.9% —
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Murroon, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 36%.
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 Murroon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21848/murroon/topic/family-households