2.8 —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Merryburn · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Merryburn
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all families in Merryburn are couples with children, making it a place where family living is the norm. This is reflected in the typical home, where 2.8 people live—a figure a little above the Queensland and national averages.
2.8
—
- 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 Merryburn — higher than 76% of areas.
| Merryburn | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 4854, QLD | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than in most areas, with far fewer people living alone (18.5%) compared to the national figure of 25.6%. About 32% of households contain two people, while 18.5% have five people.
18.5% —
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Merryburn, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 1 person (19%) and 5 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.1% of the total, which is much higher than in most similar areas and a little above the Australian average of 14.1%.
17.1% —
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Merryburn, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; 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 Merryburn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31815/merryburn/topic/family-households