3.0 —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Murrays Bridge · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
A far lower rate of people living alone than the national average defines Murrays Bridge, where almost every home is shared. Most households here are larger than those in the rest of the state, with a typical home holding 3.0 people.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Murrays Bridge — higher than 86% of areas.
| Murrays Bridge | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| 4370, QLD | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Average household size.
No one in the area lives alone, which is far below the Queensland and Australian figures of around 25%. This contributes to a larger typical household size, with 48.3% of homes holding two people and another 27.6% holding three.
3.0 —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Murrays Bridge, the largest group is 2 people at 47%, followed by 3 people (27%) and 4 people (13%).
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the bulk of families at 64.9%. This is reflected in the rate of one-parent families, which at 3.9% is far below the national figure of 14.1%.
3.9% —
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Murrays Bridge, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Murrays Bridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32086/murrays-bridge/topic/family-households