2.7 → 0.0%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Meerlieu · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Meerlieu
How families and households are made up across the area.
A far higher proportion of people live alone in Meerlieu than in the rest of the state. While the typical home holds about 2.7 people, nearly 38% of all households consist of just one person. This creates a distinct mix of very small and quite large living arrangements across the area.
2.7
→ 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 Meerlieu — higher than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Single-person households make up 37.5% of the total, which is far above the Victorian figure of 25.9%. Other homes are often larger, with 20.8% of households containing five people.
37.5% ▲ +63.2%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 37.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Meerlieu splits fairly evenly between 1 person (33%) and 2 people (33%), with 5 people at 19%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family structures here differ sharply from the national norm, as there are no one-parent families. Instead, the area is dominated by couples with children, who make up 59.6% of all families.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Meerlieu, Couples with children is the majority at 69%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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 Meerlieu [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21639/meerlieu/topic/family-households