2.3 ▼ -14.8%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Macclesfield · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Macclesfield
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all families in Macclesfield (L) are couples with children, making it a strong hub for family life. This trend is reflected in the home sizes, which remain larger than the national figure. The area feels more family-oriented than most, with a very low proportion of single-parent households.
2.3
▼ -14.8%
- 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 Macclesfield — lower than 57% of areas.
| Macclesfield | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 5153, SA | 2.7 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes here have 2.3 people, which is a little below the Australian figure and down from 2.7 in 2011. While 40.1% of households consist of two people, those living alone make up 24.4%, a figure well below the South Australian average.
24.4% ▲ +39.1%
Lower than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 24.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Macclesfield, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (25%) and 4 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up only 9.7% of the total, which is much lower than most areas and well below the national figure. Most families are couples, with 55.4% having children and 34.1% without.
9.7% ▲ +5.3%
Lower than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Macclesfield, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 34%.
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 Macclesfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL421022/macclesfield/topic/family-households