2.6 → 0.0%
Higher than 71% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3134, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3134, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people live alone in postcode 3134 than in most other areas, with only 23.8% of households consisting of one person. This trend helps explain why homes here are slightly larger than the national figure, typically holding 2.6 people. Most of these households are family-based, dominated by couples with children.
2.6
→ 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 3134, VIC — higher than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home holds 2.6 people, which is higher than most areas and has barely changed since 2011. Two-person households are the most common at 32.2%, while those with four people make up 17.8% of the total.
23.8% ▲ +1.4%
Lower than 65% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 23.5%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 23.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 3134, VIC, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 4 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 62.8% of families. One-parent families account for 11.7% of the total, a figure that is a little below the national average and has fallen since 2011.
11.7% ▼ -9.0%
Lower than 55% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 3134, VIC, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; 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 3134, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3134/3134-vic/topic/family-households