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.
3081, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3081, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
Smaller households are more common in postcode 3081 than in most other areas. The area is marked by a high number of people living alone and a significant proportion of single-parent families. These trends mean the typical home here is smaller than the state average.
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 3081, VIC — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
A little fewer than the national figure of 2.5 people live in each home, with the typical count being 2.3. This is reflected in the high number of people living alone, who make up 31.5% of households—well above the Victorian average of 25.9%.
31.5% ▲ +0.4%
Higher than 72% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 31.3%
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 31.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →3081, VIC splits fairly evenly between 2 people (33%) and 1 person (32%), with 3 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families are among the highest at this level, making up 19.7% of the total. While this is well above the Australian figure of 14.1%, the proportion has fallen by 5.5 percentage points since 2011.
19.7% ▼ -21.8%
Higher than 89% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 19.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 3081, VIC, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 3081, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3081/3081-vic/topic/family-households