2.3 ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Merrygoen · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Merrygoen
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small household sizes define daily life in Merrygoen, where 40% of homes are occupied by just one person. This creates a landscape where single-person dwellings are far more common than in the rest of the state or nation.
2.3
▼ -8.0%
- 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 Merrygoen — lower than 71% of areas.
| Merrygoen | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2831, NSW | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. This is driven by a high number of people living alone, with 40% of households consisting of one person.
40.0% ▲ +155.0%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 40.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Merrygoen splits fairly evenly between 2 people (35%) and 1 person (30%), with 3 people at 18%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 21.8% of the total, a figure well above the 14.1% national average. Just over half of all families are couples with children.
21.8% ▲ +332.7%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 21.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Merrygoen, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 Merrygoen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12598/merrygoen/topic/family-households