2.8 → 0.0%
Higher than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3116, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3116, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
A typical home in postcode 3116 holds 2.8 people, which is much higher than most areas. This trend has barely changed over the last decade, marking the area as a place with larger-than-usual households. The high number of people per home is consistent with the fact that few residents live alone.
2.8
→ 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 3116, VIC — higher than 86% of areas.
| 3116, VIC | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| Yarra Ranges | 2.7 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 17.5% of people live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. While this rose slightly since 2011, the area remains much lower than most other places, with 32.8% of households containing two people and 20.1% holding four.
17.5% ▲ +8.3%
Lower than 87% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 3116, VIC, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 4 people (20%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families here at 63.3%. One-parent families account for 12.2%, a figure that has barely changed since 2011 and is a little below the Australian average of 14.1%.
12.2% ▼ -1.1%
Lower than 51% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 3116, 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 3116, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3116/3116-vic/topic/family-households