3.1 ▲ +19.2%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 3.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Murphys Creek · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Murphys Creek
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 62.3% of families in Murphys Creek (L). This is a place where homes are generally larger than usual, with the typical number of people per house rising to 3.1 since 2011.
3.1
▲ +19.2%
- 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 Murphys Creek — higher than 88% of areas.
| Murphys Creek | 3.1 |
|---|---|
| 4352, QLD | 2.9 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are more crowded than the national figure of 2.5, and far fewer people live alone compared to the 25.6% average across Australia. About 31.9% of households consist of two people, while 19.4% are single-person homes.
19.4% ▼ -1.2%
Lower than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.7%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Murphys Creek, the largest group is 2 people at 29%, followed by 3 people (19%) and 1 person (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 12.3% of the total, which is well below the Queensland figure of 15.4%. This proportion has also fallen slightly since 2011.
12.3% ▼ -13.6%
Lower than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Murphys Creek, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; Couples without children is next at 22%.
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 Murphys Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322090/murphys-creek/topic/family-households