2.1 ▼ -8.7%
Lower than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3052, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3052, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small households are much more common in postcode 3052 than in most similar areas. The typical home here holds only 2.1 people, which is a little below the national figure and reflects a significant rise in people living alone.
2.1
▼ -8.7%
- 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 3052, VIC — lower than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 36.1% of people live alone, a figure far above the national average that has risen 8.7 points since 2011. Two-person homes are the most common at 36.6%, which helps explain why the average home size is much lower than most areas.
36.1% ▲ +31.9%
Higher than 88% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 31.0%
- 2021: 36.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →3052, VIC splits fairly evenly between 2 people (37%) and 1 person (36%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children and couples without children make up similar shares of the area, at 43.0% and 42.6% respectively. One-parent families account for 11.0%, which is well below the Australian average.
11.0% ▲ +10.1%
Lower than 62% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →3052, VIC splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (43%) and Couples without children (43%), with One-parent families at 11%.
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 3052, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3052/3052-vic/topic/family-households