3.3 —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 3.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Meroo · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Meroo
How families and households are made up across the area.
A typical home in Meroo holds 3.3 people, which is well above the national figure of 2.5. This makes it one of the highest-density residential areas for household size in the region. Most households are family-based, with a strong presence of couples with children.
3.3
—
- 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 Meroo — higher than 91% of areas.
| Meroo | 3.3 |
|---|---|
| 2850, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 3.3 people per home, Meroo is well above the New South Wales figure of 2.6 and the Australian average of 2.5.
Household size
View on map →Meroo splits fairly evenly between 1 person (36%) and 6 or more (36%), with 4 people at 27%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 71.4% of families, while one-parent families are completely absent at 0.0%, which is far below the national figure of 14.1%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Meroo, Couples with children is the majority at 69%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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 Meroo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12589/meroo/topic/family-households