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.
3056, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3056, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people are living together in postcode 3056, as the typical home size has shrunk since 2011. This area now sees a much higher proportion of people living alone than most other places, with 34.2% of all households consisting of just one person.
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 3056, VIC — lower than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in 3056 holds 2.1 people, which is much lower than most areas and a drop from 2.3 in 2011. This trend is driven by a rise in single-person homes, which now make up 34.2% of the area.
34.2% ▲ +17.9%
Higher than 83% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 29.0%
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 34.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →3056, VIC splits fairly evenly between 2 people (36%) and 1 person (34%), with 3 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 45.5% of families, while those without children account for 41.7%. One-parent families represent 10.2% of the total, a figure that is well below the national rate and has barely changed since 2011.
10.2% ▼ -4.1%
Lower than 69% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →3056, VIC splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (46%) and Couples without children (42%), with One-parent families at 10%.
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 3056, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3056/3056-vic/topic/family-households