2.3 → 0.0%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Macksville · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Macksville
How families and households are made up across the area.
A far higher share of one-parent families than the national average lives in Macksville. This gap is one of the town's most striking features, with 24.9% of families fitting this profile. While many homes are small, the overall household size has remained steady for a decade.
2.3
→ 0.0%
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 18 areas
- 1.8: 37 areas
- 1.9: 87 areas
- 2.0: 173 areas
- 2.1: 203 areas
- 2.2: 204 areas
- 2.3: 216 areas
- 2.4: 164 areas
- 2.5: 136 areas
- 2.6: 109 areas
- 2.7: 94 areas
- 2.8: 81 areas
- 2.9: 65 areas
- 3.0: 52 areas
- 3.1: 36 areas
- 3.2: 16 areas
- 3.3: 18 areas
- 3.4: 9 areas
- 3.5: 11 areas
- 3.6: 5 areas
- 3.7: 7 areas
- 3.8: 5 areas
- 3.9: 11 areas
- 4.0: 9 areas
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 6 areas
- 4.3: 4 areas
- 4.4: 6 areas
- 4.5: 5 areas
- 4.6: 4 areas
- 4.7: 3 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 3 areas
- 5.0: 3 areas
- 5.1: 0 areas
- 5.2: 2 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 1 area
- 5.5: 1 area
- 5.6: 1 area
- 5.7: 2 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 1 area
- 6.0: 0 areas
- 6.1: 2 areas
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Macksville — lower than 57% of areas.
| Macksville | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2447, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 32.1% of people here live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. With this high number of single-person homes, the typical household size of 2.3 people is a little below the New South Wales average.
32.1% ▲ +1.4%
Higher than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.6%
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 32.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Macksville splits fairly evenly between 2 people (36%) and 1 person (32%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 24.9% of the total, a figure that is far above the 14.1% seen across Australia. This proportion has barely changed since 2011, while couples with children make up the largest family group at 43%.
24.9% ▲ +1.8%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 24.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Macksville, the largest group is Couples with children at 43%, followed by Couples without children (30%) and One-parent families (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 Macksville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115099/macksville/topic/family-households