2.6 ▲ +4.0%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Meridan Plains · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Meridan Plains
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all homes in Meridan Plains are lived in by couples with children, making it a family-focused area. While typical household sizes are about the same as the national figure, there is a notably high number of single-parent homes compared to most other areas.
2.6
▲ +4.0%
- 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 Meridan Plains — higher than 57% of areas.
| Meridan Plains | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 4551, QLD | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds 2.6 people, which is higher than in most similar areas. Two-person households are the most common at 34.8%, while 22.8% of residents live alone, a figure slightly below the Queensland average.
22.8% ▲ +26.2%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 22.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Meridan Plains, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 19% of the community, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This is a striking gap, as these households are much more common here than in most other areas.
19.0% ▲ +157.1%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Meridan Plains, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 Meridan Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31807/meridan-plains/topic/family-households