2.6 → 0.0%
Higher than 71% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3187, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3187, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
Almost 68% of families in postcode 3187 are couples with children, making it an area with a strong family presence. This high proportion of larger families is reflected in the home sizes, where 2.6 people live in the typical household.
2.6
→ 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 3187, VIC — higher than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than in most areas, with 21.5% of households containing four people. Only 24.1% of residents live alone, which is a little below the national figure of 25.6%.
24.1% ▼ -3.0%
Lower than 64% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 24.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 3187, VIC, the largest group is 2 people at 30%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 4 people (21%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 10.5% of the area, a figure that is well below the Australian average of 14.1%. This proportion has barely changed since 2011.
10.5% ▲ +3.5%
Lower than 66% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 3187, VIC, Couples with children is the majority at 68%; Couples without children is next at 21%.
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 3187, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3187/3187-vic/topic/family-households