3.2 ▲ +3.2%
Higher than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 3.2
- 2021: 3.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3173, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3173, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 68% of the local family groups in postcode 3173. This is a place of large households, with far fewer people living alone than in the rest of the state. The typical home here is much more crowded than the national norm.
3.2
▲ +3.2%
- 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 3173, VIC — higher than 99% of areas.
| 3173, VIC | 3.2 |
|---|---|
| Greater Dandenong | 2.9 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in this area are well above the national figure for size, with 3.2 people per household. This is consistent with only 13% of people living alone, a figure far below the Victorian average of 25.9%.
13.0% ▼ -7.3%
Lower than 96% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →3173, VIC splits fairly evenly between 2 people (26%) and 4 people (23%), with 3 people at 20%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 13.4% of the total, which is higher than most areas. This figure has barely changed since 2011, while couples with children remain the most common family type at 68%.
13.4% ▲ +4.3%
Higher than 60% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 3173, VIC, Couples with children is the majority at 68%; Couples without children is next at 17%.
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 3173, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3173/3173-vic/topic/family-households