1.7 ▼ -5.6%
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 1.8
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 1.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3000, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3000, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all homes in postcode 3000 are occupied by a single person, creating a living environment dominated by solo dwellers. This makes the area's typical household size much smaller than the rest of the state and country.
1.7
▼ -5.6%
- 1.0: 3 areas
- 1.1: 1 area
- 1.2: 0 areas
- 1.3: 1 area
- 1.4: 1 area
- 1.5: 4 areas
- 1.6: 1 area
- 1.7: 16 areas
- 1.8: 28 areas
- 1.9: 61 areas
- 2.0: 101 areas
- 2.1: 182 areas
- 2.2: 257 areas
- 2.3: 365 areas
- 2.4: 338 areas
- 2.5: 338 areas
- 2.6: 233 areas
- 2.7: 223 areas
- 2.8: 157 areas
- 2.9: 127 areas
- 3.0: 75 areas
- 3.1: 49 areas
- 3.2: 40 areas
- 3.3: 13 areas
- 3.4: 10 areas
- 3.5: 6 areas
- 3.6: 3 areas
- 3.7: 1 area
- 3.8: 2 areas
- 3.9: 0 areas
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 0 areas
- 4.2: 1 area
All postcode areas, 2021. The marker is 3000, VIC — lower than 99% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here has just 1.7 people, which is well below the Victorian and national figure of 2.5. This is driven by a very high proportion of people living alone, which rose to 47.8% by 2021.
47.8% ▲ +12.5%
Higher than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 42.5%
- 2016: 37.4%
- 2021: 47.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 3000, VIC, the largest group is 1 person at 48%, followed by 2 people (39%) and 3 people (9%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest family group at 63.1%. One-parent families are much less common here than in most other areas, making up only 7.7% of the total.
7.7% ▼ -5.4%
Lower than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 7.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 3000, VIC, Couples without children is the majority at 63%; Couples with children is next at 20%.
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 3000, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3000/3000-vic/topic/family-households