2.9 → 0.0%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Menzies Creek · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people share a roof in Menzies Creek than in most similar areas, with an average of 2.9 people per home. This is a place where large households are the norm and very few people live by themselves.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Menzies Creek — higher than 81% of areas.
Average household size.
Typical homes here are larger than the national figure of 2.5 people, while only 12.8% of residents live alone. This is far below the 25.6% seen across Australia, with 35.5% of households consisting of two people.
2.9 → 0.0%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
12.8% ▲ +21.7%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Menzies Creek, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 4 people (24%) and 3 people (19%).
Family types and one-parent families.
Most homes are family-based, and 64.6% of families are couples with children. Single-parent families make up 9.4% of the total, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
9.4% ▼ -2.5%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Menzies Creek, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Menzies Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21649/menzies-creek/topic/family-households