2.7 —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Merrinee · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Merrinee
How families and households are made up across the area.
A much higher share of single-parent families than most similar areas defines the home life in Merrinee. While typical households are similar in size to the national figure, 17.6% of families here are headed by one parent, which is well above the Victorian and Australian averages.
2.7
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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 Merrinee — higher than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
With 2.7 people per home, households in Merrinee are slightly larger than the Victorian and Australian typical of 2.5, a figure that is higher than most other similar areas.
Household size
View on map →In Merrinee, the largest group is 5 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 4 people (22%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families here are couples with children, making up 64.7% of the total. Single-parent families account for 17.6%, which is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and 14.1% nationally.
17.6% —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Merrinee, Couples with children is the majority at 71%; One-parent families is next at 19%.
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 Merrinee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21669/merrinee/topic/family-households