2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Murtoa · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Murtoa
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all families in Murtoa are couples with children. However, the area also has a very high number of people living on their own, which means homes here are typically smaller than in other parts of the country.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 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 Murtoa — lower than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
A striking 37.5% of people in Murtoa live alone, a figure far above the national average of 25.6%. Because of this, the typical home holds only 2.2 people, which is a little below the Australian figure of 2.5.
37.5% ▲ +23.5%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.4%
- 2016: 32.6%
- 2021: 37.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Murtoa splits fairly evenly between 1 person (38%) and 2 people (33%), with 3 people at 11%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.3% of the total, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. Couples with children are the most common family type, accounting for 51.3% of households.
17.3% ▲ +26.9%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Murtoa, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; 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 Murtoa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21850/murtoa/topic/family-households