2.5 ▼ -10.7%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Macalister · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Macalister
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 63.4% of families in Macalister, forming the most common household type here. The area follows broad national patterns in home size and living arrangements, with a mix of family units and people living on their own.
2.5
▼ -10.7%
- 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 Macalister — higher than 50% of areas.
| Macalister | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 4406, QLD | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Macalister houses 2.5 people, which is about the same as the Queensland and Australian figures. About 24.5% of households are people living alone, a rate slightly below the national figure of 25.6%.
24.5% ▲ +20.4%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.4%
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 24.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Macalister splits fairly evenly between 3 people (27%) and 1 person (25%), with 2 people at 25%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 11.6% of the total, which is well below the Queensland rate of 15.4% and a little below the Australian average.
11.6% ▲ +55.7%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Macalister, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 Macalister [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31718/macalister/topic/family-households