3.9 ▲ +69.6%
Higher than 96% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 3.8
- 2021: 3.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mer (Murray) Island · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Mer (Murray) Island
How families and households are made up across the area.
Crowded homes are common on Mer (Murray) Island, where nearly four people typically live in each dwelling. This is well above the national figure and marks a significant increase since 2011, when the typical household was much smaller.
3.9
▲ +69.6%
- 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 Mer (Murray) Island — higher than 96% of areas.
| Mer (Murray) Island | 3.9 |
|---|---|
| 4875, QLD | 3.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 27.6% of homes holding six or more people, the typical household size is 3.9. This is well above the Queensland figure of 2.5, while the proportion of people living alone has fallen sharply to 16.1%.
16.1% ▼ -41.0%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mer (Murray) Island, the largest group is 6 or more at 32%, followed by 2 people (20%) and 1 person (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families here consist of couples with children, making up 63.9% of the total. One-parent families account for 16.5%, which is a little above both the state and national figures.
16.5% ▲ +1.0%
Higher than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.3%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mer (Murray) Island, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; One-parent families is next at 17%.
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 Mer (Murray) Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322077/mer-island/topic/family-households