2.2 ▼ -31.3%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.2
- 2016: 3.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Murtoa · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Murtoa
How families and households are made up across the area.
A surge in people living alone defines the home life of Murtoa, where 37.6% of households are now single-person homes. This is far above the national figure and represents a sharp climb since 2011. As a result, the typical home here is smaller than in most other areas.
2.2
▼ -31.3%
- 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 Murtoa — lower than 64% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The number of people per home has dropped to 2.2 since 2011, which is a little below the Victorian and Australian figures. This trend is driven by a high number of single-person households, which now make up 37.6% of the area.
37.6% ▲ +260.0%
Higher than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 37.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Murtoa splits fairly evenly between 1 person (38%) and 2 people (35%), with 3 people at 11%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.5% of the local total, a figure that is well above the state and national averages. This represents a rise of 13 percentage points since 2011, while couples with children remain the largest group at 48.4%.
18.5% ▲ +222.1%
Higher than 70% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Murtoa, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (33%) and One-parent families (18%).
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 Murtoa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221051/murtoa/topic/family-households