1.8 —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.5
- 2021: 1.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Merilup · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Merilup
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people share each roof in Merilup than in most similar areas. This sparsely populated place is far below the state and national figures for household size, with a typical home holding only 1.8 people.
1.8
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- 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 Merilup — lower than 91% of areas.
| Merilup | 1.8 |
|---|---|
| 6352, WA | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With only 1.8 people per home, Merilup is among the lowest for household size at this level. This is well below the Western Australian and national figure of 2.5 people.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
The most common family composition is Couples without children at 44%, ahead of Couples with children (0%).
Family composition
View on map →In Merilup, Couples without children is the majority at 100%.
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 Merilup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50935/merilup/topic/family-households