2.3 —
Lower than 86% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Murray Plains (Northern Victoria) · State Electorate
Family & Households in Murray Plains (Northern Victoria)
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people are living in each home in Murray Plains than in previous years. This shift is partly driven by a high number of single-person households, with nearly 30% of residents living alone. While families remain the core of the area, the typical household size has edged down to 2.3 people.
2.3
—
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 2 areas
- 1.9: 3 areas
- 2.0: 4 areas
- 2.1: 7 areas
- 2.2: 23 areas
- 2.3: 65 areas
- 2.4: 66 areas
- 2.5: 72 areas
- 2.6: 51 areas
- 2.7: 44 areas
- 2.8: 32 areas
- 2.9: 28 areas
- 3.0: 11 areas
- 3.1: 10 areas
- 3.2: 10 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 0 areas
- 3.5: 1 area
- 3.6: 0 areas
- 3.7: 0 areas
- 3.8: 0 areas
- 3.9: 1 area
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 1 area
All state electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Murray Plains (Northern Victoria) — lower than 86% of areas.
| Murray Plains (Northern Victoria) | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Vic. | 2.4 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Living alone is much more common here than in most areas, with 29.8% of households consisting of one person. This helps explain why the typical home size of 2.3 people is a little below the Victorian and national figures of 2.5.
29.8% —
Higher than 76% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 29.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Murray Plains (Northern Victoria), the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 51.4% of families, while those without children account for 33.1%. One-parent families now make up 14.5% of the total, a figure that has risen by 1.3 percentage points since 2016.
14.5% —
Higher than 57% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Murray Plains (Northern Victoria), Couples with children is the majority at 51%; 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 Murray Plains (Northern Victoria) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED25704/murray-plains/topic/family-households