2.7 ▲ +17.4%
Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Macedon · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Macedon
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Macedon than in the rest of Victoria, where the rate is 25.9% compared to just 18.3% here. This is a place of larger households, with an average of 2.7 people per home. Most residents live in family groups, and the number of one-parent families has dropped significantly over the last decade.
2.7
▲ +17.4%
- 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 Macedon — higher than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
People per home has risen to 2.7 since 2011, which is much higher than most similar areas. This trend is reflected in the low number of single-person homes, with only 18.3% of people living alone.
18.3% ▼ -42.9%
Lower than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 32.0%
- 2016: 32.8%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Macedon, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 4 people (20%) and 1 person (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 62.9% of families in Macedon. One-parent families account for only 7.4%, a figure that is well below the national average of 14.1% and has fallen 17 points since 2011.
7.4% ▼ -69.7%
Lower than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 7.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Macedon, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215050/macedon/topic/family-households