2.7 → 0.0%
Higher than 79% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3126, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3126, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 64% of families in postcode 3126, making it a strongly family-oriented area. Most homes here are larger than the usual Australian household, with 2.7 people living in each dwelling.
2.7
→ 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 3126, VIC — higher than 79% of areas.
| 3126, VIC | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| Boroondara | 2.5 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Few people live alone here, with only 21% of households consisting of one person, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why the typical home is larger than in most other areas.
21.0% ▲ +0.6%
Lower than 76% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 21.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 3126, VIC, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 4 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 10.2% of the area, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages. This proportion has risen by 2.5 percentage points since 2011.
10.2% ▲ +33.3%
Lower than 69% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 3126, VIC, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; 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 3126, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3126/3126-vic/topic/family-households