2.2 —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Merricks · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Merricks
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer one-parent families live in Merricks than in most other areas, with only 2.8% of families fitting this description. This community is largely made up of couples, whether with or without children, which creates a family structure that differs sharply from the state and national norms.
2.2
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- 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 Merricks — lower than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Merricks are smaller than usual, with a typical size of 2.2 people. This is partly because 26.9% of residents live alone, a figure that is a little above the national average of 25.6%.
26.9% —
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 26.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Merricks, 2 people is the majority at 53%; 1 person is next at 26%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Almost half of families here are couples without children (49.7%), while 46.9% are couples with children. The proportion of one-parent families is far below the Victorian average of 13.3%.
2.8% —
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 2.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Merricks splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (50%) and Couples with children (47%), with One-parent families at 3%.
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 Merricks [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21662/merricks/topic/family-households