2.6 ▼ -16.1%
Higher than 57% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 3.1
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Macalister · State Electorate
Family & Households in Macalister
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households and a high number of single-parent families shape daily life in Macalister. While the typical home holds 2.6 people, there is a notable trend toward smaller living arrangements as the number of people living alone has climbed significantly since 2011.
2.6
▼ -16.1%
- 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 Macalister — higher than 57% of areas.
| Macalister | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| Greater Brisbane | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A typical home in Macalister holds 2.6 people, which is higher than most areas. However, the number of people living alone has risen by 11 percentage points since 2011 to reach 24.0%.
24.0% ▲ +82.9%
Lower than 60% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 24.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Macalister, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 19.8% of the total, a figure well above the national average of 14.1%. This proportion has risen by 6.4 percentage points since 2011.
19.8% ▲ +47.4%
Higher than 89% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 19.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Macalister, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Macalister [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30046/macalister/topic/family-households