2.8 ▼ -30.0%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.0
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Murray Upper · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Murray Upper
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all families in Murray Upper are couples with children. This is a place where homes are generally larger than average, though there is also a surprisingly high number of people living by themselves.
2.8
▼ -30.0%
- 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 Murray Upper — higher than 76% of areas.
| Murray Upper | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 4854, QLD | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Murray Upper holds 2.8 people, which is much higher than most areas. Interestingly, 33.3% of people live alone, a figure that is well above the national average of 25.6%.
33.3% ▲ +111.1%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Murray Upper splits fairly evenly between 2 people (32%) and 1 person (31%), with 6 or more at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.5% of the total, which is much higher than most areas and well above the Queensland figure of 15.4%.
18.5% ▲ +2.5%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Murray Upper, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 Murray Upper [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32085/murray-upper/topic/family-households