2.9 ▲ +16.0%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Meringandan · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Meringandan
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much larger households than the national average define Meringandan, where the typical home holds 2.9 people. This is a place where family living is the norm, with very few people living on their own compared to the rest of the country.
2.9
▲ +16.0%
- 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 — higher than 86% of areas.
| Meringandan | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 4352, QLD | 2.9 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home holds 2.9 people, which is a little above the national figure and a rise from 2011. This reflects a trend toward larger homes, as the share of people living alone has fallen sharply since 2011 to just 16.5%.
16.5% ▼ -52.0%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 34.4%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Meringandan, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 4 people (20%) and 1 person (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the bulk of families here at 64.6%. One-parent families are much less common than in most areas, at 9.7%, which is well below the Queensland figure of 15.4%.
9.7% ▼ -54.7%
Lower than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Meringandan, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322079/meringandan/topic/family-households