2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 79% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3163, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3163, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over eight percentage points more people live alone in postcode 3163 than the state average. This area is mostly made up of small households and stable family units. The typical home holds just 2.2 people, which is much lower than in most other areas.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 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 3163, VIC — lower than 79% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
A high number of residents live by themselves, with 33.9% of households consisting of just one person. This is well above the national figure of 25.6% and has risen slightly since 2011.
33.9% ▲ +2.7%
Higher than 82% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 33.1%
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 33.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →3163, VIC splits fairly evenly between 1 person (34%) and 2 people (33%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 56.9% of families here. One-parent families represent only 9.5% of the total, which is well below both the Victorian and Australian averages.
9.5% ▲ +3.9%
Lower than 74% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 3163, VIC, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 32%.
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 3163, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3163/3163-vic/topic/family-households