2.9 —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Merotherie · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Merotherie
How families and households are made up across the area.
Home sizes in Merotherie have remained larger than the national typical, with the latest data showing an average of 2.9 people per home. This is a small, sparsely populated area where half of all families are couples with children.
2.9
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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 Merotherie — higher than 81% of areas.
| Merotherie | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 2852, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Merotherie holds 2.9 people, which is much higher than most areas and a little above the New South Wales figure of 2.6.
Household size
View on map →In Merotherie, 2 people is the majority at 100%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families are mostly couples, with 50% having children and 36.4% without. Notably, one-parent families make up 0% of the total, which is far below the national figure of 14.1%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Merotherie, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 42%.
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 Merotherie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12591/merotherie/topic/family-households