2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Maclean · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Maclean
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over a third of homes in Maclean are occupied by people living alone, which is well above the national figure. This creates a trend where households are smaller than in most other areas, with a typical home housing just 2.1 people.
2.1
▼ -4.5%
- 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
- 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
- 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
- 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
- 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
- 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
- 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
- 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
- 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
- 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
- 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
- 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
- 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
- 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
- 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
- 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
- 3.9–4.0: 258 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Maclean — lower than 81% of areas.
| Maclean | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 2463, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
People living alone make up 34.4% of households, which is much higher than most areas. This helps explain why the typical home has only 2.1 people, a figure that is a little below the New South Wales average of 2.6.
34.4% ▲ +1.2%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.0%
- 2016: 35.3%
- 2021: 34.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Maclean, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (34%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families are much more common here than in most areas, making up 21.1% of the total. This is well above the Australian figure of 14.1%, while couples without children are the most common family type at 39.7%.
21.1% ▲ +3.1%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.4%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 21.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Maclean splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (40%) and Couples with children (37%), with One-parent families at 21%.
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 Maclean [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12440/maclean/topic/family-households