2.1 ▲ +23.5%
Lower than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 1.7
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3270, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3270, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
A high proportion of people live alone in postcode 3270, with 40.1% of households consisting of just one person. This makes the area much more likely to have single-person homes than most other parts of Australia. While typical home sizes have grown slightly since 2011, the region remains a place where small households are the norm.
2.1
▲ +23.5%
- 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 3270, VIC — lower than 86% of areas.
| 3270, VIC | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| Corangamite | 2.3 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The usual home in 3270 has 2.1 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. This is largely because people living alone are far more common here than in Victoria or Australia as a whole.
40.1% ▼ -6.3%
Higher than 94% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 42.9%
- 2016: 39.8%
- 2021: 40.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →3270, VIC splits fairly evenly between 1 person (38%) and 2 people (35%), with 3 people at 11%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest family group at 51.5%. Meanwhile, one-parent families are among the lowest in the country at 6.5%, a figure that has fallen sharply since 2011.
6.5% ▼ -82.0%
Lower than 88% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 36.0%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 3270, VIC, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 43%.
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 3270, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3270/3270-vic/topic/family-households