2.6 ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mount Macedon · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mount Macedon
How families and households are made up across the area.
Six out of ten families in Mount Macedon are couples with children, making this the most common household type. It is a place where few people live alone, and the typical home holds slightly more people than the national figure.
2.6
▼ -3.7%
- 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 Mount Macedon — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here has 2.6 people, which is higher than most areas. Only 17.3% of residents live alone, a figure that is well below both the Victorian and national averages.
17.3% ▲ +13.3%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mount Macedon, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 4 people (19%) and 1 person (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up just 5.7% of the population, which is much lower than most areas and well below the national figure of 14.1%. Couples without children make up another 33.9% of families.
5.7% ▼ -32.7%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 5.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mount Macedon, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 34%.
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 Mount Macedon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21801/mount-macedon/topic/family-households