2.4 —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Meringo · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Meringo
How families and households are made up across the area.
A high proportion of families with children shape daily life in Meringo. Most homes are occupied by couples, and the area has a remarkably low number of single-parent households compared to the rest of the country.
2.4
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- 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 Meringo — lower than 57% of areas.
| Meringo | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2537, NSW | 2.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Most households in Meringo consist of two people (44.4%), with a typical home holding 2.4 people. This is about the same as the national figure of 2.5, though the share of people living alone is well below the Australian average at 22.2%.
22.2% —
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 22.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Meringo, the largest group is 2 people at 49%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 4 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is dominated by couples, with 63% having children and 36.1% without. Only 2.8% of families are one-parent households, a figure that is far below both the New South Wales and national averages.
2.8% —
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 2.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Meringo, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; Couples without children is next at 35%.
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 Meringo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12587/meringo/topic/family-households