2.8 ▲ +3.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Merrylands West · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Merrylands West
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger homes and a high number of single parents shape daily life in Merrylands West. Most households here are bigger than the national figure, with 2.8 people per home on average.
2.8
▲ +3.7%
- 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 West — higher than 76% of areas.
| Merrylands West | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 2160, NSW | 3.0 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home holds more people than most areas, though nearly 28% of residents live alone, which is a little above the New South Wales figure.
27.9% ▼ -0.1%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 27.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Merrylands West splits fairly evenly between 1 person (28%) and 2 people (25%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.2% of the area, a figure that is well above both the state and national averages. Most families here are couples with children, accounting for 63.9% of the total.
18.2% ▼ -3.6%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.8%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Merrylands West, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; One-parent families is next at 18%.
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 West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12600/merrylands-west/topic/family-households