2.8 → 0.0%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Merbein South · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Merbein South
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much larger households than most similar areas define Merbein South, where the typical home holds 2.8 people. This is a family-focused community where very few people live alone compared to the rest of the state and country.
2.8
→ 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 Merbein South — higher than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
People are more likely to live in larger groups here, with 37.1% of households containing two people and 16.1% just one. Only 16.1% of residents live alone, which is well below the Victorian figure of 25.9%.
16.1% ▲ +12.6%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Merbein South, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 3 people (18%) and 1 person (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 61.5%, while couples without children account for 29.9%. One-parent families represent 9.3% of the total, a figure well below both the state and national averages.
9.3% ▼ -35.4%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Merbein South, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 Merbein South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21654/merbein-south/topic/family-households