2.6 ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Murrays Beach · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Murrays Beach
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people living alone than almost anywhere else define the home life of Murrays Beach (L). This is a place where most residents share their homes, with over half of all families including children.
2.6
▼ -3.7%
- 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 Murrays Beach — higher than 71% of areas.
| Murrays Beach | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 2281, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A typical home here holds 2.6 people, which is higher than most similar areas. Only 13% of people live alone—a figure that is far below the national average and has fallen nearly 10 points since 2011.
13.0% ▼ -43.2%
Lower than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Murrays Beach, the largest group is 2 people at 47%, followed by 4 people (18%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up a large 54.3% of families. Single-parent families are rare at 7.3%, which is well below the New South Wales figure and represents a 15 point drop since 2011.
7.3% ▼ -67.2%
Lower than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.2%
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 7.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Murrays Beach, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 38%.
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 Murrays Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121085/murrays-beach/topic/family-households