3.0 ▲ +7.1%
Higher than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Guildford West - Merrylands West · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Guildford West - Merrylands West
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 65.3% of families in Guildford West - Merrylands West, making it a strong hub for family life. Homes here are typically larger than average, with 3.0 people per household, a figure that has edged up since 2011.
3.0
▲ +7.1%
- 1.0: 7 areas
- 1.1: 0 areas
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 3 areas
- 1.4: 6 areas
- 1.5: 9 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 13 areas
- 1.8: 28 areas
- 1.9: 37 areas
- 2.0: 54 areas
- 2.1: 115 areas
- 2.2: 188 areas
- 2.3: 287 areas
- 2.4: 258 areas
- 2.5: 272 areas
- 2.6: 246 areas
- 2.7: 211 areas
- 2.8: 190 areas
- 2.9: 149 areas
- 3.0: 119 areas
- 3.1: 66 areas
- 3.2: 44 areas
- 3.3: 38 areas
- 3.4: 30 areas
- 3.5: 10 areas
- 3.6: 8 areas
- 3.7: 5 areas
- 3.8: 4 areas
- 3.9: 2 areas
- 4.0: 3 areas
- 4.1: 1 area
- 4.2: 1 area
- 4.3: 2 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 0 areas
- 5.0: 2 areas
- 5.1: 1 area
- 5.2: 0 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 0 areas
- 5.5: 0 areas
- 5.6: 0 areas
- 5.7: 0 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 0 areas
- 6.0: 2 areas
All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Guildford West - Merrylands West — higher than 89% of areas.
| Guildford West - Merrylands West | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| 2161, NSW | 3.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 3.0 people per home, this area has a much higher density per household than most other areas. Around 23% of people live alone, which is a little below the national figure of 25.6%.
23.0% ▼ -4.7%
Lower than 59% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 23.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Guildford West - Merrylands West splits fairly evenly between 2 people (25%) and 1 person (23%), with 4 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.8% of the total, which is well above the same figure for New South Wales (14.0%) and Australia (14.1%). This proportion has barely changed since 2011.
17.8% ▼ -1.3%
Higher than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 18.1%
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 17.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Guildford West - Merrylands West, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; One-parent families is next at 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 Guildford West - Merrylands West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/125031484/guildford-west-merrylands-west/topic/family-households