2.2 ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Macarthur · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Macarthur
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of the families in Macarthur (Vic.) are couples with children. This is a place where smaller households are common, with many more people living alone compared to the rest of the state. The typical home here holds just 2.2 people, which is lower than the national figure.
2.2
▼ -8.3%
- 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 Macarthur — lower than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Single-person households are very common here, making up 31.4% of the total, which is well above the Victorian and national figures. Two-person homes are the most frequent, accounting for 37.7% of all households.
31.4% ▲ +5.5%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.8%
- 2016: 30.7%
- 2021: 31.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Macarthur, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (31%) and 4 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 51% of families, while those without children account for 38.9%. One-parent families represent 10.1% of the total, a figure that is well below the state and national averages.
10.1% ▲ +3.3%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Macarthur, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 39%.
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 Macarthur [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21560/macarthur/topic/family-households