2.3 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Merredin · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Merredin
How families and households are made up across the area.
About 33% of people live alone in Merredin, a figure well above the national average. This creates a distinctive household profile where small homes are common, and a high proportion of residents live by themselves.
2.3
→ 0.0%
- 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 Merredin — lower than 71% of areas.
| Merredin | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 6415, WA | 2.3 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Merredin holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the Western Australian figure of 2.5. This is driven by the fact that people living alone make up 33% of households, a rate much higher than in most other areas.
33.0% ▲ +4.0%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.8%
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 33.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Merredin splits fairly evenly between 2 people (36%) and 1 person (33%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 52.7% of families, while one-parent families account for 14.9%. This last group is more common here than in most areas and sits a little above the state average.
14.9% ▲ +18.8%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Merredin, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 32%.
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 Merredin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50938/merredin/topic/family-households