2.3 —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Murray Town · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Murray Town
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer than one in five people live alone in Murray Town, which is well below the national figure. This suggests a community where most residents live in pairs or larger groups, with couples without children making up the largest slice of the population.
2.3
—
- 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 Murray Town — lower than 71% of areas.
| Murray Town | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 5481, SA | 2.0 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are slightly smaller than the national typical, with 2.3 people per dwelling. Only 18.2% of households consist of a single person, a figure far below the South Australian average of 28.5%.
18.2% —
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Murray Town, 2 people is the majority at 53%; 1 person is next at 27%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children are the most common family type at 45%, while couples with children make up 40%. One-parent families account for 12.5% of the total, which is higher than in most similar areas.
12.5% —
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Murray Town, the largest group is Couples without children at 46%, followed by Couples with children (41%) and One-parent families (13%).
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 Town [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40991/murray-town/topic/family-households