3.1 ▲ +3.3%
Higher than 96% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 3.1
- 2021: 3.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Merrylands - Guildford · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Merrylands - Guildford
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people share a roof in Merrylands - Guildford than in most other areas, with 3.1 people typically living in each home. This is a place where large households are the norm, and far fewer people live alone compared to the national figure.
3.1
▲ +3.3%
- 1.0: 1 area
- 1.1: 0 areas
- 1.2: 0 areas
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 2 areas
- 1.9: 4 areas
- 2.0: 3 areas
- 2.1: 7 areas
- 2.2: 17 areas
- 2.3: 60 areas
- 2.4: 55 areas
- 2.5: 57 areas
- 2.6: 43 areas
- 2.7: 19 areas
- 2.8: 27 areas
- 2.9: 16 areas
- 3.0: 13 areas
- 3.1: 6 areas
- 3.2: 5 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 1 area
- 3.5: 1 area
- 3.6: 0 areas
- 3.7: 0 areas
- 3.8: 1 area
- 3.9: 0 areas
- 4.0: 1 area
All sub-region (sa3) areas, 2021. The marker is Merrylands - Guildford — higher than 96% of areas.
| Merrylands - Guildford | 3.1 |
|---|---|
| Greater Sydney | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds 3.1 people, a figure that has edged up since 2011 and is a little above the New South Wales average. Only 21.4% of people live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%.
21.4% ▲ +3.8%
Lower than 76% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 20.6%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Merrylands - Guildford splits fairly evenly between 2 people (25%) and 1 person (21%), with 4 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 66.3% of families. One-parent families are much more common here than in most areas, making up 16.2% of the total.
16.2% ▼ -2.6%
Higher than 75% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Merrylands - Guildford, Couples with children is the majority at 66%; One-parent families is next at 16%.
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 Merrylands - Guildford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/12503/merrylands-guildford/topic/family-households