2.0 ▼ -4.8%
Lower than 90% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3051, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3051, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small households are the norm in postcode 3051, where a striking 40.1% of people live alone. This makes the area's typical home size much smaller than the state and national figures. Most residents live either by themselves or in pairs, creating a distinct living pattern for the neighbourhood.
2.0
▼ -4.8%
- 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 3051, VIC — lower than 90% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Only 2.0 people live in the typical home, which is well below the national figure of 2.5. This trend has edged down since 2011, while the share of people living alone rose to 40.1%, a figure far above the rest of Australia.
40.1% ▲ +15.8%
Higher than 94% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 34.6%
- 2016: 34.9%
- 2021: 40.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →3051, VIC splits fairly evenly between 1 person (40%) and 2 people (36%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 15.8% of the area, which is much higher than most other places. This is slightly above the Victorian average of 13.3%, although the proportion has fallen slightly since 2011.
15.8% ▼ -5.4%
Higher than 76% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 3051, VIC, the largest group is Couples with children at 44%, followed by Couples without children (37%) and One-parent families (16%).
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 3051, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3051/3051-vic/topic/family-households