3.1 ▲ +14.8%
Higher than 95% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 3.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Macquarie Fields · State Electorate
Family & Households in Macquarie Fields
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people share a roof in Macquarie Fields than in most similar areas, with a typical home housing 3.1 people. This is a place where large households are common and people living alone are rare, reflecting a strong focus on family life.
3.1
▲ +14.8%
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 2 areas
- 1.9: 3 areas
- 2.0: 4 areas
- 2.1: 7 areas
- 2.2: 23 areas
- 2.3: 65 areas
- 2.4: 66 areas
- 2.5: 72 areas
- 2.6: 51 areas
- 2.7: 44 areas
- 2.8: 32 areas
- 2.9: 28 areas
- 3.0: 11 areas
- 3.1: 10 areas
- 3.2: 10 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 0 areas
- 3.5: 1 area
- 3.6: 0 areas
- 3.7: 0 areas
- 3.8: 0 areas
- 3.9: 1 area
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 1 area
All state electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Macquarie Fields — higher than 95% of areas.
| Macquarie Fields | 3.1 |
|---|---|
| Greater Sydney | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes here are larger than the national figure of 2.5 people, a number that has climbed from 2.7 in 2011. Only 16.6% of residents live alone, which is well below the New South Wales rate of 25%.
16.6% ▼ -19.2%
Lower than 91% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Macquarie Fields splits fairly evenly between 2 people (26%) and 4 people (22%), with 3 people at 20%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most households are couples with children, making up 68.2% of the area. One-parent families account for 14.4%, a figure that is about the same as the national average and has barely changed since 2011.
14.4% ▼ -1.1%
Higher than 56% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Macquarie Fields, Couples with children is the majority at 68%; Couples without children is next at 16%.
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 Fields [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10048/macquarie-fields/topic/family-households