2.7 ▼ -6.9%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Morayfield · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Morayfield
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people share a roof in Morayfield than in most other areas, with the typical home holding 2.7 people. This is a community where families are the norm, seen in the low number of people living alone and a very high proportion of single-parent homes.
2.7
▼ -6.9%
- 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 Morayfield — higher than 71% of areas.
| Morayfield | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 4506, QLD | 2.7 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 20.7% of residents live by themselves, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. This trend is reflected in the household sizes, with 34.3% of homes holding two people and 15% holding four.
20.7% ▲ +42.2%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Morayfield, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 22.6% of the local total, a figure that is well above the Australian average of 14.1%. This is among the highest proportions for this kind of family across similar areas, while couples with children make up 51.7% of families.
22.6% ▲ +14.2%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 22.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Morayfield, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Morayfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31913/morayfield/topic/family-households