2.9 —
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mernda - North · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Mernda - North
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger homes and full families are the norm in Mernda - North, where the typical household holds 2.9 people. This is a little above the national figure of 2.5 and reflects a community where very few people live on their own.
2.9
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- 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 Mernda - North — higher than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Only 18.1% of people live alone, which is well below the Victorian figure of 25.9%. Most homes are larger, with 27.1% holding two people and another 23.1% holding four.
18.1% —
Lower than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Mernda - North splits fairly evenly between 2 people (27%) and 4 people (23%), with 3 people at 20%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with couples and children make up a huge 67% of the area. One-parent families account for 14.4% of the total, which is a little above the state average.
14.4% —
Higher than 60% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mernda - North, Couples with children is the majority at 67%; Couples without children 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 Mernda - North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/209041531/mernda-north/topic/family-households