2.3 ▼ -11.5%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Merrigum · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Merrigum
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small households have become more common in Merrigum over the last decade. The area now sees a high number of people living alone, with 27.9% of all homes containing just one person.
2.3
▼ -11.5%
- 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 Merrigum — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Merrigum has 2.3 people, which is a little below the Victorian and national figures of 2.5. Almost 40% of households consist of two people, while 27.9% are single-person homes.
27.9% ▲ +11.9%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 27.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Merrigum, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single parents make up 17.3% of families here, a figure that is well above the state and national averages. Nearly half of all families are couples with children, while 34.8% are couples without children.
17.3% ▲ +75.1%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Merrigum, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (35%) and One-parent families (17%).
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 Merrigum [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21665/merrigum/topic/family-households