1.8 ▼ -5.3%
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 1.9
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 1.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3006, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3006, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
Forty-three percent of households in postcode 3006 are people living alone, a figure far above the national average. This creates a distinct living pattern where small households are the norm, and the typical home is much smaller than those across Victoria.
1.8
▼ -5.3%
- 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 3006, VIC — lower than 99% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Only 1.8 people live in the typical home, which is well below the Australian figure of 2.5. This small household size is driven by the fact that nearly 43% of residents live alone, a proportion that has risen by 9 points since 2011.
42.9% ▲ +26.6%
Higher than 98% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 33.9%
- 2016: 34.7%
- 2021: 42.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →3006, VIC splits fairly evenly between 1 person (43%) and 2 people (42%), with 3 people at 11%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group at 60.3%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 8.8% of the total, which is well below the Victorian average of 13.3%.
8.8% ▲ +17.9%
Lower than 80% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 3006, VIC, Couples without children is the majority at 60%; Couples with children is next at 27%.
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 3006, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3006/3006-vic/topic/family-households