2.3 —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Merseylea · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Merseylea
How families and households are made up across the area.
A much higher share of people live alone in Merseylea compared to the rest of the country. This gap is clear in the household data, where nearly 35% of homes are single-person dwellings. This contributes to a smaller typical household size than seen in most other areas.
2.3
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- 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 Merseylea — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
People living alone make up 34.6% of households, which is well above the Tasmanian figure of 29% and the national figure of 25.6%. Because of this, the typical home in Merseylea holds 2.3 people, slightly lower than the Australian average of 2.5.
34.6% —
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.8%
- 2021: 34.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Merseylea, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 1 person (35%) and 3 people (23%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up only 6.9% of the population, a figure well below both the state and national averages. Half of all families are couples with children, while nearly 40% are couples without children.
6.9% —
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 6.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Merseylea, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 41%.
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 Merseylea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60399/merseylea/topic/family-households