2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 57% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3046, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3046, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
Crowded homes are more common in postcode 3046, where people per home is higher than most areas. This reflects a community where larger households are the norm, although the typical number of people in a home has edged down since 2011.
2.5
▼ -3.8%
- 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 3046, VIC — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 2.5 people live in the typical home, which is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia. Two-person homes are the most common at 31.4%, while the share of people living alone rose slightly since 2011 to 26.9%.
26.9% ▲ +3.1%
Lower than 51% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 26.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →3046, VIC splits fairly evenly between 2 people (31%) and 1 person (27%), with 3 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 58.3%. One-parent families are more common here than in most areas, accounting for 14.1% of the total, though this is about the same as the national figure.
14.1% ▼ -10.1%
Higher than 65% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 3046, VIC, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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 3046, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3046/3046-vic/topic/family-households