2.7 ▼ -6.9%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Merungle Hill · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Merungle Hill
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of the families in Merungle Hill are couples with children, making them the most common household type. The area has a higher number of people per home than most similar places, with few people living on their own.
2.7
▼ -6.9%
- 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 Merungle Hill — higher than 71% of areas.
| Merungle Hill | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 2705, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here typically house 2.7 people, which is higher than most areas. Only 16.7% of residents live alone, a figure well below the national average of 25.6%.
16.7% ▲ +23.6%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Merungle Hill, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 4 people (18%) and 1 person (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 51.8% of families, while those without children account for 37.2%. One-parent families make up 12.4%, which is a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
12.4% ▲ +2.6%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Merungle Hill, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 37%.
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 Merungle Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12601/merungle-hill/topic/family-households