2.7 ▼ -15.6%
Higher than 79% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 3.2
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3278, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3278, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much larger households than most similar areas define postcode 3278, where the typical home holds 2.7 people. This is a family-heavy region with a very low proportion of people living alone compared to the rest of the country.
2.7
▼ -15.6%
- 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 3278, VIC — higher than 79% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
While the number of people per home has dropped from 3.2 in 2011 to 2.7, it remains much higher than in most areas. Only 16.7% of residents live alone, which is well below the Victorian figure of 25.9%.
16.7% ▲ +52.1%
Lower than 88% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 3278, VIC, the largest group is 2 people at 45%, followed by 1 person (17%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 54.9% of families here. One-parent families are much less common than in most areas, making up 9.4% of the total, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
9.4% ▼ -29.5%
Lower than 75% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 3278, VIC, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 35%.
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 3278, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3278/3278-vic/topic/family-households