2.8 —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Murrigal · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Murrigal
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much larger households than most similar areas define Murrigal, where the typical home holds 2.8 people. This is a little above the national figure of 2.5, reflecting a community where more people live together under one roof.
2.8
—
- 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 Murrigal — higher than 76% of areas.
| Murrigal | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 4854, QLD | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 2.8 people per home, Murrigal has a typical household size that is a little above the figures for Queensland and Australia. Only 22.2% of people live alone, which is well below the national average of 25.6%.
22.2% —
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 22.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Murrigal, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 4 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the biggest group at 56.3%. One-parent families account for 12.5% of the total, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but a little below the national average of 14.1%.
12.5% —
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Murrigal, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Murrigal [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32087/murrigal/topic/family-households