2.2 ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Morven · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
Household patterns in Morven have shifted over the last decade, with a growing number of people now living alone. This trend is reflected in the local typical home size, which is smaller than the national figure.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Morven — lower than 76% of areas.
| Morven | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 4468, QLD | 2.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Average household size.
About 29.1% of people here live alone, which is well above the Queensland and Australian figures. This high number of single-person homes helps explain why the typical home in Morven holds just 2.2 people, a little below the national average of 2.5.
2.2 ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
29.1% ▲ +1.9%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Morven, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 4 people (15%).
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 40.9% of families, while 39.4% are couples without children. One-parent families account for 11.8%, which is well below the Queensland figure of 15.4%.
11.8% ▲ +103.5%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Morven splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (44%) and Couples without children (43%), with One-parent families at 13%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Morven [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31925/morven/topic/family-households