2.2 ▼ -12.0%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Merriwagga · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Merriwagga
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live alone in Merriwagga than in most similar areas. The community is marked by a high number of single-person households, which ever so slightly brings down the typical number of people living under one roof compared to the rest of the country.
2.2
▼ -12.0%
- 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 Merriwagga — lower than 76% of areas.
| Merriwagga | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 2652, NSW | 2.6 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 35.4% of residents live alone, a figure far above the New South Wales average of 25%. Because so many live solo, the typical home in Merriwagga holds 2.2 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5.
35.4% ▲ +25.7%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 40.0%
- 2021: 35.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Merriwagga, the largest group is 1 person at 38%, followed by 2 people (27%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 51.9%, while one-parent families are much less common here than across Australia, accounting for only 8.9% of the total.
8.9% ▲ +284.0%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Merriwagga, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 36%.
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 Merriwagga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12597/merriwagga/topic/family-households