Macarthur

14.5% of Macarthur's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

132 family households lived in Macarthur; 35.6% were couple families and 11.4% were one-parent families.

28.0% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Macarthur had 469 residents at the 2021 Census.

17.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

45.6% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 100.0% of occupied private dwellings in Macarthur.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

59.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

33.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

8.0% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

The average household in Macarthur had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 31.4% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 37.7%, while 19.8% had four or more usual residents.

19.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

60.3% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 5.9% walked or cycled.

2.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

One-car households formed 25.1% of the total.

67.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

73.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 26.6% reported a different address.

9.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

93.6% of residents used only English at home.

2.3% used a language other than English at home.

0.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

9.8% of Macarthur's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 90.2% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 92.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 43.1% of ancestry responses in Macarthur.

Australian ancestry made up 46.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

15.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 30.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 8.7% of workers, and education and training employed 4.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 56.0%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

33.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.7%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

56.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.0% reported asthma, 12.2% arthritis and 5.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

14.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.5% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 21.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 42.0%.

Median household income was $1,059 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $819.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $158 per week.

Working from home was 19.6% in Macarthur, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 59.0% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 8.0% in Macarthur, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..