2.0 → 0.0%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Merimbula · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Merimbula
How families and households are made up across the area.
A shift towards smaller living arrangements has defined Merimbula, where 41.1% of homes are now occupied by just one person. This is far above the national figure, making the area's household patterns stand out compared to the rest of the country.
2.0
→ 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 Merimbula — lower than 86% of areas.
| Merimbula | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 2548, NSW | 2.1 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Merimbula holds only 2.0 people, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 2.6. This small size is driven by the high number of people living alone, a figure that is far above the Australian average.
41.1% ▲ +16.2%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.4%
- 2016: 38.7%
- 2021: 41.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Merimbula splits fairly evenly between 1 person (41%) and 2 people (39%), with 3 people at 10%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group of families at 46.1%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 14.9%, which is higher than in most similar areas.
14.9% ▼ -0.8%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Merimbula, the largest group is Couples without children at 46%, followed by Couples with children (38%) and One-parent families (15%).
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 Merimbula [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12586/merimbula/topic/family-households