2.6 ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 57% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Macquarie · Federal Electorate
Family & Households in Macquarie
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people share a home in Macquarie than in most similar areas. This is a place where family life is common, with 58.8% of families consisting of couples with children.
2.6
▼ -3.7%
- 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 Macquarie — higher than 57% of areas.
| Macquarie | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| Greater Sydney | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home holds 2.6 people, which is higher than most similar areas. While 24.6% of residents live alone, this figure has risen by 3.0 percentage points since 2011.
24.6% ▲ +13.8%
Lower than 57% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 21.6%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 24.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Macquarie, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 1 person (25%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 58.8% of families here. One-parent families account for 13.1% of the total, a figure that is lower than most areas and has risen 3.1 percentage points since 2011.
13.1% ▲ +31.0%
Lower than 63% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Macquarie, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 Macquarie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED127/macquarie/topic/family-households