2.2 —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Meru · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Meru
How families and households are made up across the area.
Two-thirds of families in Meru are couples with children, making it a community where family units are the primary living arrangement. While most households are family-based, they tend to be slightly smaller than the national norm.
2.2
—
- 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 Meru — lower than 76% of areas.
| Meru | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 6530, WA | 2.4 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Meru typically house 2.2 people, which is a little below the figure for both Western Australia and Australia.
Household size
View on map →Meru splits fairly evenly between 1 person (50%) and 2 people (50%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 0.0% of the area, a figure that is far below the national and state averages. Most families here are couples with children, who account for 66.7% of the total.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Meru, Couples with children is the majority at 70%; Other families is next at 30%.
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 Meru [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50940/meru/topic/family-households