2.6 ▲ +36.8%
Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 1.9
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Meredith · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Meredith
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people live alone in Meredith compared to the state and national figures. This is a place where family living is common, with the typical home now holding 2.6 people. The number of single-person households has dropped sharply over the last decade.
2.6
▲ +36.8%
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 18 areas
- 1.8: 37 areas
- 1.9: 87 areas
- 2.0: 173 areas
- 2.1: 203 areas
- 2.2: 204 areas
- 2.3: 216 areas
- 2.4: 164 areas
- 2.5: 136 areas
- 2.6: 109 areas
- 2.7: 94 areas
- 2.8: 81 areas
- 2.9: 65 areas
- 3.0: 52 areas
- 3.1: 36 areas
- 3.2: 16 areas
- 3.3: 18 areas
- 3.4: 9 areas
- 3.5: 11 areas
- 3.6: 5 areas
- 3.7: 7 areas
- 3.8: 5 areas
- 3.9: 11 areas
- 4.0: 9 areas
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 6 areas
- 4.3: 4 areas
- 4.4: 6 areas
- 4.5: 5 areas
- 4.6: 4 areas
- 4.7: 3 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 3 areas
- 5.0: 3 areas
- 5.1: 0 areas
- 5.2: 2 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 1 area
- 5.5: 1 area
- 5.6: 1 area
- 5.7: 2 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 1 area
- 6.0: 0 areas
- 6.1: 2 areas
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Meredith — higher than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
People per home has risen to 2.6 since 2011, which is higher than most areas. Only 22.4% of residents live alone, a figure that has fallen by 20 points since 2011 and is well below the Victorian average of 25.9%.
22.4% ▼ -47.3%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 42.5%
- 2016: 40.6%
- 2021: 22.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Meredith, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 59.4% of families. One-parent families account for 15.8%, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1%.
15.8% ▼ -19.0%
Higher than 54% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.5%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Meredith, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
More for Meredith
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Meredith [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222052/meredith/topic/family-households