2.4 —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Murdong · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Murdong
How families and households are made up across the area.
Strong family ties define daily life in Murdong, where 60% of families consist of couples with children. This is a community where households are mostly traditional family units, with a striking absence of single-parent homes compared to the rest of the country.
2.4
—
- 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 Murdong — lower than 57% of areas.
| Murdong | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 6317, WA | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Murdong houses 2.4 people, which is about the same as the figures for both Western Australia and Australia.
Household size
View on map →Murdong splits fairly evenly between 2 people (50%) and 3 people (50%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family structures here are far more traditional than in most areas, as there are no one-parent families. This is far below the national figure of 14.1%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Murdong, Couples with children is the majority at 67%; Couples without children is next at 33%.
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 Murdong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51065/murdong/topic/family-households