2.4 ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 57% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3073, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3073, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly a third of all homes in postcode 3073 are occupied by people living alone. This high number of single-person households makes the area stand out compared to most other parts of the country. While the typical home holds about 2.4 people, there is a strong mix of small households and families with children.
2.4
▼ -4.0%
- 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 3073, VIC — lower than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Living alone is common here, with 30.8% of households containing one person, a figure well above the national average. This has contributed to a slight dip in the number of people per home, which fell from 2.5 in 2011 to 2.4 in 2021.
30.8% ▲ +7.7%
Higher than 68% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 30.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →3073, VIC splits fairly evenly between 2 people (33%) and 1 person (31%), with 3 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 55.4% of families in the area. One-parent families are a little more common than in the rest of Victoria and Australia, making up 15.4% of the total, though this is down slightly from 2011.
15.4% ▼ -7.2%
Higher than 74% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 3073, VIC, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 3073, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3073/3073-vic/topic/family-households