2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Merredin · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Merredin
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Merredin than in most similar areas. While the typical home holds 2.3 people, the town has a high proportion of single-person households. This trend has grown since 2011, contributing to a general decline in the number of people living in each home.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 1 area
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 5 areas
- 1.9: 5 areas
- 2.0: 9 areas
- 2.1: 26 areas
- 2.2: 77 areas
- 2.3: 107 areas
- 2.4: 90 areas
- 2.5: 83 areas
- 2.6: 39 areas
- 2.7: 30 areas
- 2.8: 18 areas
- 2.9: 13 areas
- 3.0: 3 areas
- 3.1: 9 areas
- 3.2: 5 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 4 areas
- 3.5: 5 areas
- 3.6: 1 area
- 3.7: 3 areas
- 3.8: 2 areas
- 3.9: 1 area
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 2 areas
- 4.3: 0 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 1 area
All council (lga) areas, 2021. The marker is Merredin — lower than 71% of areas.
| Merredin | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Rest of WA | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 31.2% of residents live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. The usual home is smaller than the state average, and these smaller households have become more common over the last decade.
31.2% ▲ +4.8%
Higher than 67% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 29.8%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 31.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Merredin, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 1 person (32%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 53.4% of families here. One-parent families account for 13.4% of the total, a figure that has risen since 2011 but remains about the same as the state and national averages.
13.4% ▲ +18.9%
Lower than 52% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Merredin, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 33%.
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 Merredin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA55460/merredin/topic/family-households