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.
3078, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3078, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in postcode 3078 than in most similar areas. This contributes to a smaller typical household size compared to the rest of the state. While many homes hold couples with children, the area is defined by a high number of single-person households.
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 3078, VIC — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 34% of people here live alone, a figure well above the national average of 25.6% that has risen since 2011. This helps explain why the typical home holds only 2.3 people, which is a little below the Victorian average.
34.0% ▲ +10.4%
Higher than 82% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 30.9%
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 34.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →3078, VIC splits fairly evenly between 1 person (34%) and 2 people (30%), with 4 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 60.7%. In contrast, one-parent families make up 9.9% of the total, which is well below the same figure for both Victoria and Australia.
9.9% ▲ +8.4%
Lower than 71% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 3078, VIC, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 3078, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3078/3078-vic/topic/family-households