2.3 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3071, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3071, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over a third of all homes in postcode 3071 are occupied by people living alone, which is far more than in most other areas. This creates a residential landscape where smaller households are the norm, with the typical home holding just 2.3 people.
2.3
→ 0.0%
- 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 3071, VIC — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
One-person households make up 33.7% of the area, a figure that is well above the national 25.6% and has risen since 2011. This helps explain why the usual number of people per home is a little below the Victorian average of 2.5.
33.7% ▲ +6.4%
Higher than 81% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 31.6%
- 2016: 31.6%
- 2021: 33.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →3071, VIC splits fairly evenly between 1 person (34%) and 2 people (32%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children form the largest group at 57.7%, while one-parent families make up 11.8%. This share of single-parent homes is a little below the national figure of 14.1% and has remained steady since 2011.
11.8% ▼ -1.3%
Lower than 55% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 3071, VIC, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 3071, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3071/3071-vic/topic/family-households