2.7 —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Merriang · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Merriang
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are common in Merriang, where an average of 2.7 people live in each home. This reflects a community where fewer people live alone compared to the state and national figures.
2.7
—
- 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 Merriang — higher than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Only 20.3% of people live alone here, which is well below the 25.6% national figure. Most homes house two people (34.4%), while 2.7 people per home is higher than most similar areas.
20.3% —
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 20.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Merriang, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.8% of the local total, which is well above the 14.1% Australian figure. Nearly half of all families are couples with children (48.6%).
17.8% —
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 17.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Merriang, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (33%) and One-parent families (18%).
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 Merriang [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21660/merriang/topic/family-households