2.3 ▲ +4.5%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 3.2
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Moruya Heads · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Moruya Heads
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people are living alone in Moruya Heads than in 2011, though it remains a place where nearly 30% of households are single-person homes. The area has a mix of family types, with the typical home now holding 2.3 people.
2.3
▲ +4.5%
- 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 Moruya Heads — lower than 57% of areas.
| Moruya Heads | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2537, NSW | 2.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 30% of homes are occupied by one person, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%, although this has fallen by 7.8 points since 2011. Two-person households are the most common at 41.1%, while the typical home size has edged up slightly to 2.3 people.
29.6% ▼ -20.8%
Higher than 51% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 37.3%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 29.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Moruya Heads, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 46.8% of families here, followed by couples without children at 38.1%. One-parent families account for 13.6%, a figure that has fallen since 2011 and is about the same as the New South Wales average.
13.6% ▼ -17.5%
Lower than 60% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.5%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Moruya Heads, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by Couples without children (38%) and One-parent families (14%).
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 Moruya Heads [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121082/moruya-heads/topic/family-households