3.1 → 0.0%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 3.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Meringandan West · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Meringandan West
How families and households are made up across the area.
Crowded homes and a strong focus on family life define Meringandan West, where the typical home holds 3.1 people. This is a little above the national figure and reflects a community where very few people live on their own.
3.1
→ 0.0%
- 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 Meringandan West — higher than 88% of areas.
| Meringandan West | 3.1 |
|---|---|
| 4352, QLD | 2.9 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 3.1 people per home, households here are among the largest in the region. Only 11.1% of people live alone, which is far below the 25.6% national figure, and this low rate has barely changed over the last decade.
11.1% ▲ +21.3%
Lower than 95% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Meringandan West, the largest group is 2 people at 31%, followed by 4 people (23%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
The area is dominated by couples with children, who make up 72.7% of families. In contrast, one-parent families are rare at 7.4%, a figure that is well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
7.4% ▲ +2.6%
Lower than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 7.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Meringandan West, Couples with children is the majority at 73%; Couples without children is next at 19%.
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 Meringandan West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315060/meringandan-west/topic/family-households