3.0 → 0.0%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 3.1
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Merrylands · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Merrylands
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much higher household sizes than most similar areas define Merrylands, where homes typically hold 3.0 people. This is a family-centric hub where over two-thirds of households consist of couples with children.
3.0
→ 0.0%
- 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 Merrylands — higher than 86% of areas.
| Merrylands | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| 2160, NSW | 3.0 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 3.0 people per home, Merrylands is a little above the New South Wales figure of 2.6. About 22.7% of people live alone, which is a little below the national figure of 25.6%.
22.7% ▲ +8.5%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 22.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Merrylands splits fairly evenly between 2 people (24%) and 1 person (23%), with 3 people at 18%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 15.4% of the total, a figure that is much higher than most areas and a little above the national average of 14.1%. The most common setup is couples with children, who make up 67.1% of families.
15.4% ▼ -6.4%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.5%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Merrylands, Couples with children is the majority at 67%; Couples without children is next at 16%.
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 Merrylands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12599/merrylands/topic/family-households