1.7 —
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.7
- 2021: 1.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Macs Cove · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Macs Cove
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all homes in Macs Cove are occupied by a single person, a figure far above the national average. This creates a distinct residential profile where small households are the norm and typical homes hold far fewer people than those across Victoria.
1.7
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- 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 Macs Cove — lower than 94% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Only 1.7 people live in the typical home, which is well below the Victorian and national figure of 2.5. This is reflected in the 48.3% of residents who live alone, a rate far above the 25.6% seen across Australia.
48.3% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 60.5%
- 2021: 48.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Macs Cove, 1 person is the majority at 52%; 2 people is next at 30%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group of families at 45.3%. Meanwhile, one-parent families represent only 4.7% of the total, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
4.7% —
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 4.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Macs Cove, the largest group is Couples without children at 50%, followed by Couples with children (45%) and One-parent families (5%).
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 Macs Cove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21567/macs-cove/topic/family-households