2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 57% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3201, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3201, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people have lived alone in postcode 3201 since 2011, while the number of residents per home has edged down. This area is now home to a high proportion of one-parent families, with 19.1% of families fitting this description.
2.5
▼ -3.8%
- 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 3201, VIC — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here has 2.5 people, which is higher than most areas and about the same as the national figure. Roughly 26.7% of residents live alone, a figure that has risen by 2.9 percentage points since 2011.
26.7% ▲ +12.0%
Lower than 52% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 26.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →3201, VIC splits fairly evenly between 2 people (31%) and 1 person (27%), with 3 people at 19%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 19.1% of the total, which is well above the Victorian and Australian figures. Couples with children are the most common family type at 56.9%.
19.1% ▲ +0.6%
Higher than 88% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 19.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 3201, VIC, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; 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 3201, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3201/3201-vic/topic/family-households