2.3 ▲ +9.5%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Merton · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Merton
How families and households are made up across the area.
Household sizes have remained steady in Merton, where the typical home is smaller than average. Most homes are occupied by just one or two people, reflecting a community with fewer large family groups.
2.3
▲ +9.5%
- 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 Merton — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 2.3 people live in each home, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. This smaller typical size is partly because 26.4% of people live alone, a figure higher than most similar areas.
26.4% ▼ -6.6%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 33.8%
- 2021: 26.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Merton, the largest group is 2 people at 47%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 3 people (10%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 52.8% of families, while one-parent families at 5.7% are well below the national figure of 14.1%.
5.7% ▼ -20.8%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 5.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Merton, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 40%.
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 Merton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21670/merton/topic/family-households