2.4 ▼ -7.7%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Merah North · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Merah North
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 26% of households in Merah North are made up of people living alone, a figure that sits slightly above the New South Wales average. The area features a diverse mix of home sizes, with roughly half of all dwellings housing just two people.
2.4
▼ -7.7%
- 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 Merah North — lower than 57% of areas.
| Merah North | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2388, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Merah North has 2.4 people, which is about the same as the national figure. While 47.6% of households contain two people, 26.2% are single-person homes.
26.2% ▲ +9.5%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 26.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Merah North, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Over half of families here are couples with children, while 31% are couples without children. One-parent families make up 13.8% of the total, a rate that is higher than most similar areas.
13.8% ▲ +309.7%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Merah North, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 Merah North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12583/merah-north/topic/family-households