2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Macquarie · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Macquarie
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are living alone in Macquarie than in most other areas, with 33% of households consisting of just one person. This shift makes the area's homes smaller on average, with only 2.3 people per dwelling compared to the national figure of 2.5.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 Macquarie — lower than 71% of areas.
| Macquarie | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2614, ACT | 2.5 |
| Australian Capital Territory | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A high number of single-person households — reaching 33% — is well above the ACT's 25.7%. This helps explain why the typical home here is smaller than most, with only 2.3 people per dwelling.
33.0% ▲ +18.0%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 31.2%
- 2021: 33.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Macquarie splits fairly evenly between 1 person (33%) and 2 people (32%), with 3 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Over half of families here are couples with children, though one-parent families make up 14.7% of the total. This is a little above the ACT figure of 11.9% and higher than in most similar areas.
14.7% ▼ -11.4%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 16.6%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Macquarie, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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 Macquarie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80091/macquarie/topic/family-households