2.9 ▲ +3.6%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 3.2
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mepunga East · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mepunga East
How families and households are made up across the area.
A striking 86.5% of families in Mepunga East are couples with children, making it a very family-oriented area. Most homes here are larger than the national norm, with a low number of people living on their own.
2.9
▲ +3.6%
- 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 Mepunga East — higher than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Mepunga East typically hold 2.9 people, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5. Only 17.4% of residents live alone, a figure well below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
17.4% ▼ -19.7%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.7%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Mepunga East splits fairly evenly between 2 people (32%) and 3 people (32%), with 1 person at 18%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
The area has a very high proportion of families with children and no one-parent families. This is far below the national figure of 14.1% and much lower than most similar areas.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mepunga East, Couples with children is the majority at 85%; Couples without children is next at 15%.
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 Mepunga East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21651/mepunga-east/topic/family-households