1.8 → 0.0%
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 1.8
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 1.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3002, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3002, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
A far higher share of people live alone in postcode 3002 than in the rest of the country. This area is defined by small living arrangements, with the typical home holding only 1.8 people, which is well below the national figure.
1.8
→ 0.0%
- 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 3002, VIC — lower than 99% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 43.2% of residents live by themselves, a figure that is far above the Victorian average and has risen since 2011. This helps explain why the typical home here holds only 1.8 people, which is among the lowest for similar areas.
43.2% ▲ +5.2%
Higher than 98% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 41.1%
- 2016: 39.5%
- 2021: 43.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →3002, VIC splits fairly evenly between 1 person (43%) and 2 people (43%), with 3 people at 8%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group at 62.0%. Only 6.4% of families are led by one parent, which is well below both the state and national figures.
6.4% ▲ +21.5%
Lower than 89% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 6.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 3002, VIC, Couples without children is the majority at 62%; Couples with 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 3002, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3002/3002-vic/topic/family-households