2.0 ▼ -9.1%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Murrayville · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Murrayville
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all homes in Murrayville are now occupied by people living alone, a figure that has climbed sharply since 2011. This shift has left the area with a typical household size of just two people, which is well below the national figure.
2.0
▼ -9.1%
- 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 Murrayville — lower than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Single-person households make up 45.8% of the area, a rate far above the 25.6% seen across Australia. This high number of lone residents helps explain why the number of people per home has fallen to 2.0, which is much lower than most other areas.
45.8% ▲ +65.0%
Higher than 97% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 45.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Murrayville, the largest group is 1 person at 48%, followed by 2 people (31%) and 3 people (10%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 47.5% of families here, while 39.6% are couples without children. One-parent families account for 13.7% of the total, a figure that is about the same as the Victorian average.
13.7% ▼ -18.5%
Lower than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Murrayville, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by Couples without children (39%) 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 Murrayville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222060/murrayville/topic/family-households