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.
Macdonald Park · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Macdonald Park
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much larger households than most similar areas define Macdonald Park, where the typical home holds 2.8 people. This reflects a community where a small number of people live alone and family groupings are common.
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 Macdonald Park — higher than 76% of areas.
| Macdonald Park | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 5121, SA | 2.5 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 18.8% of residents live alone, which is well below the South Australian figure of 28.5%. These smaller single-person households help explain why the average home size is a little above the national figure.
18.8% ▲ +28.7%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Macdonald Park, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (18%) and 4 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up nearly half of all families at 47.8%. One-parent families account for 14.6%, a figure that is higher than most areas but about the same as the national average.
14.6% ▲ +20.5%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Macdonald Park, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (35%) and One-parent families (15%).
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 Macdonald Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40800/macdonald-park/topic/family-households