2.0 ▼ -13.0%
Lower than 90% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3237, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3237, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
A high number of single-person homes defines the 3237 postcode, where 34.3% of people live alone. This is well above the national figure, reflecting a trend towards smaller living arrangements. Most homes here house only one or two people.
2.0
▼ -13.0%
- 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 3237, VIC — lower than 90% of areas.
| 3237, VIC | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| Colac Otway | 2.3 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 2.0 people live in the typical home, which is well below the Australian average of 2.5. This reflects a rise in people living alone, a group that now makes up 34.3% of households.
34.3% ▲ +11.5%
Higher than 83% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 30.8%
- 2016: 33.7%
- 2021: 34.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 3237, VIC, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 1 person (33%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children are the most common family type at 44.8%, followed closely by those with children at 43.6%. One-parent families make up 12.1% of the total, a figure slightly below the national average.
12.1% ▼ -9.9%
Lower than 52% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →3237, VIC splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (44%) and Couples with children (43%), with One-parent families at 12%.
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 3237, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3237/3237-vic/topic/family-households