2.8 → 0.0%
Higher than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3170, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3170, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in postcode 3170 compared to the rest of the country. This area is mostly made up of larger households, with the typical home holding 2.8 people. This pattern has remained steady since 2011 and is much higher than the national figure.
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 3170, VIC — higher than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Only 17.6% of residents live by themselves, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. Most homes hold two people (31.5%) or four people (20.7%), contributing to a household size that is a little above the Victorian average.
17.6% ▲ +2.6%
Lower than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 17.2%
- 2016: 16.6%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 3170, VIC, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 4 people (21%) and 3 people (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 63.4%. One-parent families account for 12.2% of the total, a figure that has risen slightly since 2011 and sits a little below the national average of 14.1%.
12.2% ▲ +8.4%
Lower than 51% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 3170, 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 3170, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3170/3170-vic/topic/family-households