2.9 → 0.0%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Macquarie Hills · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Macquarie Hills
How families and households are made up across the area.
Family living arrangements have shifted in Macquarie Hills, where homes now hold more people than in most similar areas. With 2.9 people per home, the area is characterized by larger households and a very low number of people living alone.
2.9
→ 0.0%
- 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 Macquarie Hills — higher than 81% of areas.
| Macquarie Hills | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 2285, NSW | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 13.4% of people live alone, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%. This explains why homes here are larger than usual, with 33.3% of households containing two people and 21.8% holding four.
13.4% ▲ +3.4%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Macquarie Hills, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 4 people (22%) and 3 people (21%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the clear majority of families at 63.7%. One-parent families account for 12.3%, which is a little below the New South Wales figure of 14.0%.
12.3% ▲ +12.6%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Macquarie Hills, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; Couples without children is next at 23%.
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 Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12443/macquarie-hills/topic/family-households