3.1 ▲ +6.9%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 3.2
- 2021: 3.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Meringandan · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Meringandan
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people per home than most similar areas makes Meringandan a place of large households. With a typical home holding 3.1 people, it is a family-focused community where few residents live by themselves.
3.1
▲ +6.9%
- 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 Meringandan — higher than 88% of areas.
| Meringandan | 3.1 |
|---|---|
| 4352, QLD | 2.9 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes here are a little larger than those in Queensland and Australia, with 3.1 people per house. Only 15.4% of people live alone, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%.
15.4% ▼ -18.0%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.8%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Meringandan, the largest group is 2 people at 27%, followed by 4 people (21%) and 1 person (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 72% of families, while one-parent families are well below the state and national figures at just 8.1%.
8.1% ▼ -55.4%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.1%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Meringandan, Couples with children is the majority at 72%; Couples without children 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 Meringandan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31808/meringandan/topic/family-households