2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 86% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Murray Bridge · Urban Area
Family & Households in Murray Bridge
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over 32% of people live alone in Murray Bridge, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. This high number of single-person homes means the area has a smaller typical household size than most of the country. It is a place where one-person homes and single-parent families are both much more common than in similar areas.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 Murray Bridge — lower than 86% of areas.
| Murray Bridge | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 5253, SA | 2.3 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Murray Bridge has 2.3 people, a figure that has edged down since 2011. While 35.9% of households have two people, the number of people living alone is much higher than most areas at 32.7%.
32.7% ▲ +9.4%
Higher than 85% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 29.9%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 32.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Murray Bridge splits fairly evenly between 2 people (36%) and 1 person (33%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 19.7% of the local total, which is well above the Australian figure of 14.1%. This proportion has risen since 2011, while couples with children remain the most common family type at 47.4%.
19.7% ▲ +7.4%
Higher than 86% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 19.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Murray Bridge, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by Couples without children (32%) 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 Murray Bridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/4003/murray-bridge/topic/family-households