2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Macquarie Park - Marsfield · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Macquarie Park - Marsfield
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small, single-person homes are a defining feature of Macquarie Park - Marsfield, where 31.3% of people live alone. This is much higher than most similar areas, creating a residential landscape where small households are the norm. The typical home here is smaller than those across the state and country.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 1.0: 7 areas
- 1.1: 0 areas
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 3 areas
- 1.4: 6 areas
- 1.5: 9 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 13 areas
- 1.8: 28 areas
- 1.9: 37 areas
- 2.0: 54 areas
- 2.1: 115 areas
- 2.2: 188 areas
- 2.3: 287 areas
- 2.4: 258 areas
- 2.5: 272 areas
- 2.6: 246 areas
- 2.7: 211 areas
- 2.8: 190 areas
- 2.9: 149 areas
- 3.0: 119 areas
- 3.1: 66 areas
- 3.2: 44 areas
- 3.3: 38 areas
- 3.4: 30 areas
- 3.5: 10 areas
- 3.6: 8 areas
- 3.7: 5 areas
- 3.8: 4 areas
- 3.9: 2 areas
- 4.0: 3 areas
- 4.1: 1 area
- 4.2: 1 area
- 4.3: 2 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 0 areas
- 5.0: 2 areas
- 5.1: 1 area
- 5.2: 0 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 0 areas
- 5.5: 0 areas
- 5.6: 0 areas
- 5.7: 0 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 0 areas
- 6.0: 2 areas
All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Macquarie Park - Marsfield — lower than 86% of areas.
| Macquarie Park - Marsfield | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 2113, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 31.3% of people living alone, this area has a much higher proportion of single-person households than most other places. This helps explain why the usual home size of 2.2 people is a little below the national figure of 2.5.
31.3% ▲ +0.3%
Higher than 77% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 31.2%
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 31.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Macquarie Park - Marsfield splits fairly evenly between 2 people (36%) and 1 person (31%), with 3 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 53% of families, while one-parent families are at 10.7%, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
10.7% ▼ -4.9%
Lower than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Macquarie Park - Marsfield, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 34%.
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 Park - Marsfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/126021500/macquarie-park-marsfield/topic/family-households