2.5 → 0.0%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Macleod · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Macleod
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are now living alone in Macleod than in previous years, with 27.3% of households consisting of just one person. This is a little above the national figure of 25.6%. The area remains a mix of small and large homes, though the typical household size matches the Victorian average.
2.5
→ 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 Macleod — higher than 50% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 27.3% of people live alone, which is higher than most similar areas. Two-person homes are the most common at 31.4%, while the typical number of people per home is 2.5, matching the state and national figures.
27.3% ▲ +2.3%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 27.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Macleod splits fairly evenly between 2 people (31%) and 1 person (27%), with 4 people at 18%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 63% of families in Macleod. One-parent families account for 11.7%, which is a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
11.7% ▲ +6.7%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Macleod, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Macleod [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21564/macleod/topic/family-households