2.8 → 0.0%
Higher than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3150, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3150, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in postcode 3150 compared to the rest of the state, with only 18.7% of households being single-person. This creates a community where homes are generally larger and more crowded than the national average. Most residents live in family units, which drives the higher-than-usual number of people sharing each dwelling.
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 3150, VIC — higher than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than usual, with 2.8 people per dwelling, which is a little above the Australian figure of 2.5. While the share of people living alone rose slightly since 2011 to 18.7%, this remains well below the Victorian average of 25.9%.
18.7% ▲ +12.1%
Lower than 83% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 18.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 3150, VIC, the largest group is 2 people at 31%, followed by 4 people (21%) and 1 person (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families make up the vast majority of the area, with 64.5% of households being couples with children. One-parent families account for 11.0% of the total, a figure that is well below the national average of 14.1% and has barely changed over the last decade.
11.0% ▲ +3.9%
Lower than 62% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 3150, VIC, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; 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 3150, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3150/3150-vic/topic/family-households