3.2 ▼ -8.6%
Higher than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 3.5
- 2016: 3.4
- 2021: 3.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3059, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3059, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
A typical home in postcode 3059 holds 3.2 people, which is well above the national figure of 2.5. This makes it one of the areas with the highest household occupancy in the region. Most homes are filled by families, with very few residents living on their own.
3.2
▼ -8.6%
- 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 3059, VIC — higher than 99% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Only 9.2% of people live alone, which is far below the Victorian average of 25.9%. While this number has risen slightly since 2011, the area remains dominated by larger households, with 37% of homes housing four or five people.
9.2% ▲ +54.5%
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →3059, VIC splits fairly evenly between 2 people (27%) and 4 people (25%), with 3 people at 21%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 72.6% of families here. One-parent families account for 10.1%, a figure that is well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
10.1% ▲ +32.2%
Lower than 69% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 3059, VIC, Couples with children is the majority at 73%; Couples without children is next at 17%.
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 3059, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3059/3059-vic/topic/family-households