2.9 ▼ -6.5%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Macarthur · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Macarthur
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much larger households than most similar areas define Macarthur, where 2.9 people live in the typical home. This is a family-heavy area with very few people living alone compared to the rest of the territory.
2.9
▼ -6.5%
- 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 Macarthur — higher than 81% of areas.
| Macarthur | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 2904, ACT | 2.7 |
| Australian Capital Territory | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Few people live by themselves here, with only 13.1% of households being single-person homes, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%. The usual home is larger than most, often housing two people (33.2%) or four people (24.2%).
13.1% ▲ +41.8%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Macarthur, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 4 people (24%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families in Macarthur are couples with children, making up 66.5% of the total. One-parent families account for 9.7%, which is well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
9.7% ▲ +4.4%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Macarthur, Couples with children is the majority at 67%; Couples without children is next at 23%.
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 Macarthur [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80088/macarthur/topic/family-households