2.7 ▲ +8.0%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Murtho · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Murtho
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 68% of families in Murtho consist of couples with children, making it a place where family units are the dominant household type. This focus on families is reflected in larger-than-usual homes, with the typical household holding 2.7 people.
2.7
▲ +8.0%
- 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 Murtho — higher than 71% of areas.
| Murtho | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 5340, SA | 2.4 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Most homes here house two or three people, and the typical household size of 2.7 is a little above the South Australian figure of 2.4. Fewer people live alone here, at 23.2%, which is well below the state's 28.5%.
23.2% ▲ +4.7%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.2%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 23.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Murtho, the largest group is 2 people at 29%, followed by 3 people (22%) and 1 person (21%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
The area has a very low proportion of one-parent families at 3.2%, a figure that is far below both the Australian average of 14.1% and the state figure of 14.8%.
3.2% ▼ -64.1%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 3.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Murtho, Couples with children is the majority at 69%; Couples without children is next 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 Murtho [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40992/murtho/topic/family-households