2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Megan · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Megan
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all families in Megan are couples without children, making this the most common living arrangement. The area is marked by smaller households and a very high number of people living on their own.
2.1
▼ -4.5%
- 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 Megan — lower than 81% of areas.
| Megan | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 2453, NSW | 2.1 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Small households are the norm here, with a typical 2.1 people per home. This is much lower than most areas, driven by the 36.2% of people living alone, which is far above the national figure of 25.6%.
36.2% ▲ +0.5%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.0%
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 36.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Megan, the largest group is 2 people at 49%, followed by 1 person (36%) and 3 people (9%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up 49.2% of families, while 40.3% are couples with children. In contrast, one-parent families are rare at 7.3%, a figure well below the New South Wales average of 14.0%.
7.3% ▼ -58.3%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 7.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Megan, Couples without children is the majority at 51%; Couples with children is next at 42%.
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 Megan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12568/megan/topic/family-households