2.5 ▲ +4.2%
Lower than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mermaid Waters · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Mermaid Waters
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all families in Mermaid Waters consist of couples with children. This creates a balanced community where typical household sizes align closely with state and national figures.
2.5
▲ +4.2%
- 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 Mermaid Waters — lower than 57% of areas.
| Mermaid Waters | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 4218, QLD | 2.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Mermaid Waters has 2.5 people, a figure that has edged up slightly since 2011. About 24.4% of residents live alone, which is about the same as the Queensland average.
24.4% ▼ -2.7%
Lower than 54% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 24.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mermaid Waters, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 4 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 55.3% of families here, while 29.1% are couples without children. One-parent families account for 14.4% of the total, a proportion that is higher than most areas but has fallen slightly since 2011.
14.4% ▼ -6.2%
Higher than 60% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mermaid Waters, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Mermaid Waters [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/309011228/mermaid-waters/topic/family-households