1.8 ▼ -5.3%
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 1.9
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 1.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3008, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3008, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 40% of people live alone in postcode 3008, a figure far above the national average. This makes it an area of very small households, where the typical home contains fewer than two people.
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 3008, VIC — lower than 99% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Almost 40% of residents live alone, a rate that has risen since 2011. This helps explain why the typical home has only 1.8 people, which is well below the Victorian and national figures of 2.5.
39.4% ▲ +10.3%
Higher than 93% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 35.7%
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 39.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →3008, VIC splits fairly evenly between 2 people (43%) and 1 person (39%), with 3 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group at 55.8%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for only 6.8% of the area, which is well below both the state and national figures.
6.8% ▼ -13.2%
Lower than 88% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 6.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 3008, VIC, Couples without children is the majority at 56%; Couples with 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 3008, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3008/3008-vic/topic/family-households