2.6 —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Glen Mervyn · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
Zero one-parent families is the most striking feature of Glen Mervyn, where every family is a couple. This makes the area's family structure far different from the rest of the state and the nation.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Glen Mervyn — higher than 57% of areas.
| Glen Mervyn | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 6239, WA | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Average household size.
With 2.6 people per home, households here are slightly larger than the typical Australian or Western Australian home, which both average 2.5.
2.6 —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
In Glen Mervyn, 2 people is the majority at 67%; 1 person is next at 33%.
Family types and one-parent families.
Families in Glen Mervyn are almost exclusively couples, with 45.5% having children and 30.3% without. The 0.0% rate of one-parent families is far below the national figure of 14.1%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Glen Mervyn, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 40%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Glen Mervyn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50554/glen-mervyn/topic/family-households