2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Stanford Merthyr · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Stanford Merthyr
How families and households are made up across the area.
Almost half of all families in Stanford Merthyr are couples with children. This is a small community where family life is central, though it has a much higher rate of single-parent homes than the rest of the state.
2.5
▼ -3.8%
- 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 Stanford Merthyr — higher than 50% of areas.
| Stanford Merthyr | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 2327, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 2.5 people live in the typical home, which is about the same as the national figure. Around 25.8% of households consist of a single person, and 38% are shared by two people.
25.8% ▲ +9.7%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.5%
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 25.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Stanford Merthyr, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (25%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 25.1% of the total, which is far above the 14.1% national average. Couples with children are the most common family type at 45.2%, while couples without children account for 29.5%.
25.1% ▲ +40.3%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.9%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 25.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Stanford Merthyr, the largest group is Couples with children at 45%, followed by Couples without children (29%) and One-parent families (25%).
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 Stanford Merthyr [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13662/stanford-merthyr/topic/family-households