2.8 ▼ -9.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 3.2
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mount Murchison · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mount Murchison
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger homes and a strong presence of couples with children define daily life in Mount Murchison. With a typical household size of 2.8 people, it is much higher than most areas and sits a little above the national figure.
2.8
▼ -9.7%
- 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 Mount Murchison — higher than 76% of areas.
| Mount Murchison | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 4715, QLD | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than usual, with nearly 10% holding six or more people. While 26.8% of residents live alone—a little above the Queensland figure—most households contain two or more people.
26.8% ▲ +154.9%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 26.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mount Murchison, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 64.6% of families here. This contributes to a very low rate of one-parent families, at just 4.2%, which is far below both the state and national figures.
4.2% ▲ +34.7%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 4.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mount Murchison, Couples with children is the majority at 70%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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 Mount Murchison [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32006/mount-murchison/topic/family-households