2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Merewether · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Merewether
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up nearly 60% of families in Merewether, marking it as a strong area for family life. While the typical home size is about the same as the national figure, there is a higher than usual number of people living alone.
2.4
→ 0.0%
- 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 Merewether — lower than 57% of areas.
| Merewether | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2291, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 27.2% of people here live alone, which is a little above the national figure. Most homes are small, with 34.5% of households containing two people and 27.2% containing just one.
27.2% ▼ -10.4%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.4%
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 27.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Merewether, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 4 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 9.3% of the total, a figure that is well below the New South Wales and national averages. Most families consist of couples, with 59.8% having children and 29.7% without.
9.3% ▼ -6.5%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Merewether, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; 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 Merewether [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12584/merewether/topic/family-households