1.9 ▼ -5.0%
Lower than 95% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.0
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 1.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3205, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3205, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are living alone in postcode 3205 than in previous years, with the number of single-person homes rising 6.4 percentage points since 2011. This trend has left the area with a very small typical household size of just 1.9 people, which is well below the national figure.
1.9
▼ -5.0%
- 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 3205, VIC — lower than 95% of areas.
| 3205, VIC | 1.9 |
|---|---|
| Port Phillip | 1.9 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 43.1% of residents live alone, a figure far above the Victorian average of 25.9%. Because so many people live by themselves, the typical home here has only 1.9 people, which is among the lowest across similar areas.
43.1% ▲ +17.4%
Higher than 98% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 36.7%
- 2016: 37.7%
- 2021: 43.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 3205, VIC, the largest group is 1 person at 43%, followed by 2 people (36%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group of families at 42.8%, followed closely by couples with children at 42.3%. One-parent families account for 12.7%, which is about the same as the state average.
12.7% ▼ -11.7%
Higher than 54% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →3205, VIC splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (43%) and Couples with children (42%), with One-parent families at 13%.
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 3205, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3205/3205-vic/topic/family-households