3.1 ▲ +55.0%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.0
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 3.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Murrumbateman · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Murrumbateman
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people share a home in Murrumbateman than in most similar areas. This is a place where large households are the norm and those living alone are quite rare. The typical home now holds 3.1 people, a figure that has climbed steadily since 2011.
3.1
▲ +55.0%
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 18 areas
- 1.8: 37 areas
- 1.9: 87 areas
- 2.0: 173 areas
- 2.1: 203 areas
- 2.2: 204 areas
- 2.3: 216 areas
- 2.4: 164 areas
- 2.5: 136 areas
- 2.6: 109 areas
- 2.7: 94 areas
- 2.8: 81 areas
- 2.9: 65 areas
- 3.0: 52 areas
- 3.1: 36 areas
- 3.2: 16 areas
- 3.3: 18 areas
- 3.4: 9 areas
- 3.5: 11 areas
- 3.6: 5 areas
- 3.7: 7 areas
- 3.8: 5 areas
- 3.9: 11 areas
- 4.0: 9 areas
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 6 areas
- 4.3: 4 areas
- 4.4: 6 areas
- 4.5: 5 areas
- 4.6: 4 areas
- 4.7: 3 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 3 areas
- 5.0: 3 areas
- 5.1: 0 areas
- 5.2: 2 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 1 area
- 5.5: 1 area
- 5.6: 1 area
- 5.7: 2 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 1 area
- 6.0: 0 areas
- 6.1: 2 areas
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Murrumbateman — higher than 88% of areas.
| Murrumbateman | 3.1 |
|---|---|
| 2582, NSW | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than the national figure of 2.5 people. Very few residents live alone, at just 10.6%, which is far below the Australian average of 25.6% and represents a 27 point drop since 2011.
10.6% ▼ -72.0%
Lower than 96% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 37.8%
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Murrumbateman, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 4 people (23%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is dominated by couples with children, who make up 70.5% of the area. One-parent families are well below the national figure at 7.4%, a rate that has fallen since 2011.
7.4% ▼ -47.6%
Lower than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 7.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Murrumbateman, Couples with children is the majority at 70%; Couples without children is next at 22%.
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 Murrumbateman [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115108/murrumbateman/topic/family-households