2.3 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3185, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3185, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over a third of all homes in postcode 3185 are occupied by people living alone. This makes it a place where small households are very common, with the typical home holding just 2.3 people. The number of single-person households has risen slightly since 2011.
2.3
→ 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 3185, VIC — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 34.7% of residents live alone, a figure well above the national average of 25.6%. This helps explain why the typical home size here is 2.3 people, which is a little below the 2.5 seen across Victoria and Australia.
34.7% ▲ +5.0%
Higher than 85% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 33.0%
- 2016: 31.5%
- 2021: 34.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →3185, VIC splits fairly evenly between 1 person (35%) and 2 people (34%), with 4 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families are couples with children (59.6%) or without (29.3%). Only 9.9% of families are one-parent households, which is well below the national figure of 14.1% and has barely changed over the last decade.
9.9% ▲ +0.4%
Lower than 71% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 3185, VIC, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 3185, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3185/3185-vic/topic/family-households