2.5 —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.2
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Merivale · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Merivale
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people live alone in Merivale than in most other areas, with many residents sharing their homes. This creates a local landscape where family-based households are common and single-person homes are rare.
2.5
—
- 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 Merivale — higher than 50% of areas.
| Merivale | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 6450, WA | 2.4 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Merivale has 2.5 people, which is about the same as the state and national figures. Only 15.6% of people live alone, a figure that is well below the national average of 25.6%.
15.6% —
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Merivale, the largest group is 2 people at 48%, followed by 4 people (26%) and 1 person (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 47.4% of the local mix. One-parent families account for only 5.3%, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
5.3% —
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 5.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Merivale, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 37%.
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 Merivale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50936/merivale/topic/family-households