2.5 ▲ +8.7%
Higher than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Merinda · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Merinda
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live in each home in Merinda than in most similar areas. The typical household consists of 2.5 people, matching the Queensland and national figures, though this has risen since 2011. It is a place where larger households are common and few people live on their own.
2.5
▲ +8.7%
- 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 Merinda — higher than 64% of areas.
| Merinda | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 4805, QLD | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 21.4% of people live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6% and lower than most areas. This is a significant drop from 2011, when 27.7% lived alone. Most homes hold two people, while 11.4% of households have five people.
21.4% ▼ -22.7%
Lower than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Merinda, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 54.1% of families here. One-parent families account for 14.6%, a figure that is about the same as the state and national averages, though it has risen 7.7 points since 2011.
14.6% ▲ +111.8%
Lower than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Merinda, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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 Merinda [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322078/merinda/topic/family-households