2.0 ▼ -9.1%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Murdunna · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Murdunna
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 40% of people in Murdunna live alone, a figure far above the national average. This contributes to a smaller typical household size for the area compared to the rest of the state and country.
2.0
▼ -9.1%
- 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 Murdunna — lower than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
With a typical size of 2.0 people, homes here are much smaller than in most areas. This is driven by the high number of single-person households, which make up 39.7% of the total.
39.7% ▲ +46.0%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 31.9%
- 2021: 39.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Murdunna splits fairly evenly between 1 person (38%) and 2 people (37%), with 3 people at 11%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 19.5% of the total, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. Couples without children are the most common family type at 43.4%.
19.5% ▲ +53.9%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Murdunna, the largest group is Couples without children at 43%, followed by Couples with children (37%) and One-parent families (20%).
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 Murdunna [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60438/murdunna/topic/family-households