2.8 → 0.0%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Macclesfield · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Macclesfield
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Macclesfield compared to the rest of the state. This area is dominated by larger households, with a typical home holding 2.8 people, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5.
2.8
→ 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 Macclesfield — higher than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
With 2.8 people per home, households here are larger than most areas. Only 18.2% of people live alone, which is well below the 25.9% seen across Victoria.
18.2% ▲ +1.2%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Macclesfield, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 4 people (19%) and 1 person (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 62.8%. One-parent families account for just 6.7%, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages.
6.7% ▲ +42.3%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 6.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Macclesfield, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 Macclesfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21561/macclesfield/topic/family-households