2.8 —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.0
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Marlo Merrican · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Marlo Merrican
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people share a roof in Marlo Merrican than in most other areas, with a typical home holding 2.8 people. This is a place where family life is central, as very few residents live alone compared to the rest of the country.
2.8
—
- 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
- 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
- 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
- 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
- 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
- 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
- 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
- 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
- 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
- 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
- 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
- 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
- 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
- 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
- 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
- 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
- 3.9–4.0: 258 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Marlo Merrican — higher than 76% of areas.
| Marlo Merrican | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 2441, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 20% of people live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. Larger homes are common here, with 20% of households containing six or more people.
20.0% —
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Marlo Merrican, the largest group is 2 people at 50%, followed by 1 person (18%) and 6 or more (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single parenthood is much more common here than across Australia, with one-parent families making up 23.9% of the total. This is well above the national figure of 14.1%.
23.9% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 23.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Marlo Merrican, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 21%.
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 Marlo Merrican [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12505/marlo-merrican/topic/family-households