2.5 → 0.0%
Higher than 57% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3162, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3162, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 63.2% of families in postcode 3162, the most common family type here. This area has a strong presence of family groups, with one-parent families being much less common than in most other areas.
2.5
→ 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 3162, VIC — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes in the area hold 2.5 people, which is about the same as the national figure. Only 24.8% of people live alone, a rate that is lower than most areas and has fallen slightly since 2011.
24.8% ▼ -3.2%
Lower than 60% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 24.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 3162, VIC, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 1 person (25%) and 4 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 9.6% of the total, which is well below both the Victorian and Australian figures. This proportion has remained steady since 2011.
9.6% ▲ +0.2%
Lower than 74% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 3162, VIC, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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 3162, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3162/3162-vic/topic/family-households