2.3 ▲ +4.5%
Lower than 71% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3218, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3218, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in postcode 3218 than in most similar areas, with 34.4% of all households consisting of just one person. This trend makes the area's typical home size smaller than the national figure, though the number of people per home has edged up slightly since 2011.
2.3
▲ +4.5%
- 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 3218, VIC — lower than 71% of areas.
| 3218, VIC | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Golden Plains | 2.9 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 34.4% of residents live alone, which is well above the Victorian figure of 25.9%. Because of this, the typical home has 2.3 people, which is a little below the Australian average of 2.5.
34.4% ▼ -4.9%
Higher than 84% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 36.1%
- 2016: 35.1%
- 2021: 34.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →3218, VIC splits fairly evenly between 1 person (34%) and 2 people (31%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 59.1% of families here. One-parent families account for 12.5% of the total, a figure that is about the same as the state average and has fallen since 2011.
12.5% ▼ -21.4%
Higher than 51% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 15.9%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 3218, VIC, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 3218, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3218/3218-vic/topic/family-households