3.0 —
Higher than 93% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3279, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3279, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in postcode 3279 than in most of the country, with only 11.6% of households being single-person homes. This area is dominated by larger households, where families with children are the norm rather than the exception.
3.0
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- 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 3279, VIC — higher than 93% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than usual, with 3.0 people per home compared to the national figure of 2.5. This reflects a significant drop in the number of people living alone, which fell by 9.8 percentage points since 2016.
11.6% —
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 3279, VIC, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 4 people (21%) and 5 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families at 72.6%. Meanwhile, one-parent families are much less common here at 5.9%, which is well below the Victorian figure of 13.3%.
5.9% —
Lower than 90% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 5.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 3279, VIC, Couples with children is the majority at 72%; Couples without children is next at 20%.
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 3279, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3279/3279-vic/topic/family-households