3.4 —
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.3
- 2021: 3.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Muirhead · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Muirhead
How families and households are made up across the area.
Crowded homes are a common sight in Muirhead, where 3.4 people typically live in each house. This is well above the national figure of 2.5, marking it as one of the most densely populated residential areas in the region.
3.4
—
- 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 Muirhead — higher than 93% of areas.
| Muirhead | 3.4 |
|---|---|
| 0810, NT | 2.7 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Very few people live by themselves here, at just 6.9%, which is far below the national rate of 25.6%. Instead, larger groups dominate, with 28.6% of homes housing four people and 12% holding five.
6.9% —
Lower than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 6.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Muirhead splits fairly evenly between 4 people (29%) and 3 people (24%), with 2 people at 22%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most homes are headed by couples with children, making up 78.4% of families. This helps explain why one-parent families are so rare here, at only 6.2%, which is far below the Northern Territory average.
6.2% —
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 6.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Muirhead, Couples with children is the majority at 78%; Couples without children is next at 15%.
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 Muirhead [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70198/muirhead/topic/family-households