2.5 → 0.0%
Higher than 71% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Muswellbrook · Urban Area
Family & Households in Muswellbrook
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live alone and in one-parent families in Muswellbrook than in most similar areas. This shift is most visible in the number of single-parent homes, which rose 3.7 percentage points since 2011. While these trends are prominent, the typical household size remains steady at 2.5 people.
2.5
→ 0.0%
- 2.0: 2 areas
- 2.1: 1 area
- 2.2: 11 areas
- 2.3: 27 areas
- 2.4: 24 areas
- 2.5: 27 areas
- 2.6: 9 areas
- 2.7: 5 areas
- 2.8: 3 areas
- 2.9: 0 areas
- 3.0: 1 area
- 3.1: 0 areas
- 3.2: 0 areas
- 3.3: 1 area
All urban area areas, 2021. The marker is Muswellbrook — higher than 71% of areas.
| Muswellbrook | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 2333, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 29.6% of residents live alone, a figure that is well above the national average and has risen since 2011. Most homes contain two people (31.6%) or one person (29.6%), keeping the typical household size at 2.5 people.
29.6% ▲ +14.9%
Higher than 62% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 29.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Muswellbrook splits fairly evenly between 2 people (32%) and 1 person (30%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 19.8% of the area, which is much higher than most similar areas and well above the New South Wales figure. Couples with children are the most common family type at 54.1%.
19.8% ▲ +22.7%
Higher than 86% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 19.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Muswellbrook, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; 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 Muswellbrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/1023/muswellbrook/topic/family-households