2.7 —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Merkanooka · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Merkanooka
How families and households are made up across the area.
A shift toward larger living arrangements has shaped Merkanooka since 2011, with homes now holding more people than the national average. Most households here are family-based, with a very low number of people living on their own.
2.7
—
- 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 Merkanooka — higher than 71% of areas.
| Merkanooka | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 6625, WA | 2.7 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes in Merkanooka hold 2.7 people, which is higher than in most areas. Only 13.6% of people live alone, a figure far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
13.6% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Merkanooka splits fairly evenly between 2 people (29%) and 4 people (29%), with 5 people at 24%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is common here, with 65.2% of families being couples with children. Only 6.5% are one-parent families, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
6.5% —
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Merkanooka, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 33%.
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 Merkanooka [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50937/merkanooka/topic/family-households