2.5 → 0.0%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Merriwa · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Merriwa
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all families in Merriwa are couples with children, making this the most common household type. While the typical home size matches the national figure, there is a much higher rate of single parents and people living alone compared to the rest of the state.
2.5
→ 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 Merriwa — higher than 50% of areas.
| Merriwa | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 6030, WA | 2.7 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 28.6% of people here live alone, which is well above the Western Australian figure of 25.4%. Most homes house either one or two people, with the typical household size of 2.5 people sitting right at the state and national average.
28.6% ▲ +14.8%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 28.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Merriwa, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 23.4% of the total, a figure that is among the highest for similar areas and well above the 13.5% seen across Western Australia.
23.4% ▲ +21.8%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 23.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Merriwa, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (26%) and One-parent families (23%).
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 Merriwa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50939/merriwa/topic/family-households