2.3 ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 71% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3128, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3128, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all families in postcode 3128 are couples with children. This is a place where households are smaller than usual, with a high number of people living on their own. The typical home now holds just 2.3 people, a figure that has dropped since 2011.
2.3
▼ -8.0%
- 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 3128, VIC — lower than 71% of areas.
| 3128, VIC | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Whitehorse | 2.6 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 30.4% of people here live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why the usual household size is lower than most areas, with two-person homes being the most common at 34.1%.
30.4% ▲ +4.7%
Higher than 66% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 29.0%
- 2016: 28.5%
- 2021: 30.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →3128, VIC splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (30%), with 3 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 53.4% of families, while 30.7% are couples without children. One-parent families account for 13.4% of the total, a figure that is about the same as the state and national averages.
13.4% ▲ +4.0%
Higher than 60% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 3128, VIC, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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 3128, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3128/3128-vic/topic/family-households