2.3 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Merrijig · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Merrijig
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all families in Merrijig are couples with children. This creates a community where family life is central, though it also has a high number of people living on their own.
2.3
→ 0.0%
- 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 Merrijig — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Merrijig are typically smaller than most, with 2.3 people per house. This is partly because 29.3% of residents live alone, which is well above the 25.6% national figure.
29.3% ▼ -17.1%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.4%
- 2016: 36.0%
- 2021: 29.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Merrijig, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 3 people (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 50.5% of families, while couples without children account for 38.2%. Only 9.2% are one-parent families, which is well below the Australian figure of 14.1%.
9.2% ▼ -12.3%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Merrijig, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; 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 Merrijig [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21667/merrijig/topic/family-households