2.6 ▲ +4.0%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Meredith · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Meredith
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are sharing homes in Meredith than in most similar areas, with the typical household now holding 2.6 people. This reflects a community where over half of all families are couples raising children together.
2.6
▲ +4.0%
- 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 Meredith — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds 2.6 people, which is higher than most similar areas. About 22.7% of residents live alone, a figure that is well below the Victorian average of 25.9%.
22.7% ▼ -11.6%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 22.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Meredith, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 4 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up a large majority of families at 56.7%. One-parent families account for 12.3% of the total, which is a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
12.3% ▲ +23.4%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Meredith, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; 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 Meredith [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21656/meredith/topic/family-households