2.7 ▼ -3.6%
Higher than 79% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3156, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3156, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people live alone in postcode 3156 than in most other areas. This creates a landscape where larger households are common, with the typical home holding 2.7 people. Most residents live in family settings, particularly couples with children.
2.7
▼ -3.6%
- 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 3156, VIC — higher than 79% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Only 21.4% of people live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. While household size has edged down since 2011, the typical home remains larger than in most other areas.
21.4% ▲ +6.7%
Lower than 74% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 3156, VIC, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 4 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 62.7% of families. One-parent families account for 13.3%, a figure that is about the same as the state and national averages.
13.3% ▲ +3.1%
Higher than 59% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 3156, VIC, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children is next at 23%.
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 3156, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3156/3156-vic/topic/family-households