2.0 ▼ -13.0%
Lower than 90% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3057, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3057, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 39% of people live alone in postcode 3057, a figure far above the national average. This creates a distinct housing profile for the area, where small households are the norm and a high proportion of residents live by themselves.
2.0
▼ -13.0%
- 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 3057, VIC — lower than 90% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are much smaller than typical Australian households, with only 2.0 people per home. This is well below the national figure of 2.5 and reflects a rise in people living alone, which has grown 9.5 percentage points since 2011.
38.7% ▲ +32.3%
Higher than 91% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2016: 31.7%
- 2021: 38.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →3057, VIC splits fairly evenly between 1 person (39%) and 2 people (37%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest family group at 44.8%. One-parent families account for 11.0% of the total, which is well below the Australian figure of 14.1% and has barely changed over the last decade.
11.0% ▲ +0.9%
Lower than 62% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →3057, VIC splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (45%) and Couples with children (42%), 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 3057, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3057/3057-vic/topic/family-households