2.8 → 0.0%
Higher than 86% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Macedon Ranges · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Macedon Ranges
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much larger households than most other areas define the Macedon Ranges, where an average of 2.8 people live in each home. This is a family-heavy region where few people live by themselves compared to the rest of the state.
2.8
→ 0.0%
- 1.0: 1 area
- 1.1: 0 areas
- 1.2: 0 areas
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 2 areas
- 1.9: 4 areas
- 2.0: 3 areas
- 2.1: 7 areas
- 2.2: 17 areas
- 2.3: 60 areas
- 2.4: 55 areas
- 2.5: 57 areas
- 2.6: 43 areas
- 2.7: 19 areas
- 2.8: 27 areas
- 2.9: 16 areas
- 3.0: 13 areas
- 3.1: 6 areas
- 3.2: 5 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 1 area
- 3.5: 1 area
- 3.6: 0 areas
- 3.7: 0 areas
- 3.8: 1 area
- 3.9: 0 areas
- 4.0: 1 area
All sub-region (sa3) areas, 2021. The marker is Macedon Ranges — higher than 86% of areas.
| Macedon Ranges | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| Greater Melbourne | 2.6 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes here hold 2.8 people, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5. Only 17.6% of people live alone, a figure well below both the Victorian and Australian averages.
17.6% ▲ +4.1%
Lower than 90% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Macedon Ranges, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 4 people (20%) and 1 person (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 64.1%. One-parent families represent just 9.8% of the total, which is among the lowest for similar areas and well below the national average of 14.1%.
9.8% ▲ +2.1%
Lower than 91% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Macedon Ranges, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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 Macedon Ranges [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/21002/macedon-ranges/topic/family-households