2.6 —
Higher than 57% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Macedon (Northern Victoria) · State Electorate
Family & Households in Macedon (Northern Victoria)
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people live alone in Macedon compared to the state and national averages. This is a place where family life is prominent, with nearly 60% of all families consisting of couples with children. Most homes here house more people than the typical Australian household.
2.6
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- 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 Macedon (Northern Victoria) — higher than 57% of areas.
| Macedon (Northern Victoria) | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Vic. | 2.4 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Macedon holds 2.6 people, which is higher than most areas. Only 22.6% of residents live alone, a figure that is well below the Victorian average of 25.9%.
22.6% —
Lower than 68% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 22.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Macedon (Northern Victoria), the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 4 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 59.2% of families here. This helps explain why one-parent families are much less common than in most other areas, accounting for just 10.5% of the total.
10.5% —
Lower than 87% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Macedon (Northern Victoria), Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 Macedon (Northern Victoria) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED24504/macedon/topic/family-households