2.6 ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 71% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3088, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3088, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people share a home in postcode 3088 than in most other areas, with a typical household of 2.6 people. This reflects a community where families are common and few people live on their own compared to the rest of the country.
2.6
▼ -3.7%
- 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 3088, VIC — higher than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Only 21.8% of residents live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. Two-person homes are the most frequent at 33.2%, though the average household size has edged down slightly since 2011.
21.8% ▲ +12.1%
Lower than 73% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 19.5%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 21.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 3088, VIC, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 4 people (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 63.4%. Single-parent families account for 11.4% of the total, a figure that is a little below the Victorian average and has fallen since 2011.
11.4% ▼ -8.2%
Lower than 58% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 3088, VIC, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 3088, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3088/3088-vic/topic/family-households