2.6 ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Merricks North · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Merricks North
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are the norm in Merricks North, where nearly half of all homes include couples with children. This creates a residential pattern where few people live alone compared to the rest of the state and country.
2.6
▼ -3.7%
- 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 Merricks North — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home holds 2.6 people, which is higher than in most areas. Only 18.9% of households consist of one person, a figure well below the 25.9% seen across Victoria.
18.9% ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.7%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 18.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Merricks North, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (18%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 49.7% of families here, while couples without children account for 37.9%. One-parent families represent 10.6% of the total, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
10.6% ▲ +147.0%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Merricks North, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 39%.
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 North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21664/merricks-north/topic/family-households