2.2 ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Murgon · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Murgon
How families and households are made up across the area.
A much higher rate of single-parent families than the state average defines Murgon. The area sees a shift away from larger households, with many more people living alone compared to the rest of Australia. This creates a distinct community profile where smaller, diverse family units are common.
2.2
▼ -8.3%
- 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 Murgon — lower than 76% of areas.
| Murgon | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 4605, QLD | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Murgon are smaller than usual, with only 2.2 people per home compared to the national figure of 2.5. This is partly because 31.3% of people live alone, a figure well above the 24.7% seen across Queensland.
31.3% ▲ +17.3%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 31.9%
- 2021: 31.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Murgon, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 1 person (32%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 25.3% of the local total, which is far above the Australian average of 14.1%. Couples without children are the most common family type at 36.7%, followed closely by couples with children at 36%.
25.3% ▲ +45.8%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 25.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Murgon splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (37%) and Couples with children (36%), with One-parent families 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 Murgon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32082/murgon/topic/family-households