2.7 ▼ -10.0%
Higher than 71% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mackellar · Federal Electorate
Family & Households in Mackellar
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are a common sight in Mackellar, where an average of 2.7 people live in each home. This is much higher than most similar areas, reflecting a place where family living is the dominant experience.
2.7
▼ -10.0%
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 0 areas
- 1.9: 2 areas
- 2.0: 1 area
- 2.1: 1 area
- 2.2: 3 areas
- 2.3: 23 areas
- 2.4: 27 areas
- 2.5: 26 areas
- 2.6: 22 areas
- 2.7: 16 areas
- 2.8: 8 areas
- 2.9: 9 areas
- 3.0: 5 areas
- 3.1: 6 areas
- 3.2: 2 areas
- 3.3: 1 area
All federal electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Mackellar — higher than 71% of areas.
| Mackellar | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| Greater Sydney | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Two-person homes are the most frequent at 31.6%, while only 21.8% of residents live alone. This rate of single-person households is well below the national figure of 25.6%, although it has risen by 5 percentage points since 2011.
21.8% ▲ +29.7%
Lower than 74% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 21.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mackellar, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 4 people (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families here at 64.4%. One-parent families account for just 10% of the total, a figure that is among the lowest for similar areas and well below the national average of 14.1%.
10.0% ▼ -36.2%
Lower than 95% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mackellar, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; 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 Mackellar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED126/mackellar/topic/family-households