2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3070, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3070, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live alone in postcode 3070 than in most similar areas, with 30.3% of households consisting of a single person. This trend has grown since 2011, leading to smaller living arrangements across the area. The typical home now holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 3070, VIC — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Small households are common here, as 32.2% of homes contain two people and 30.3% house one person. These figures explain why the area has fewer people per home than the state average, a trend that has edged down over the last decade.
30.3% ▲ +9.0%
Higher than 66% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 30.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →3070, VIC splits fairly evenly between 2 people (32%) and 1 person (30%), with 3 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 58.8%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 10.4% of the total, which is well below the national figure and lower than most other areas.
10.4% ▼ -7.5%
Lower than 67% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 3070, VIC, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 3070, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3070/3070-vic/topic/family-households