2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 57% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3309, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3309, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
One-parent families make up 28.9% of the population in postcode 3309, a figure far above the national average. This high proportion of single-parent homes is a standout feature of the local community, though the typical number of people living in each home remains steady at 2.4.
2.4
→ 0.0%
- 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 3309, VIC — lower than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 31.3% of people here live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. Two-person homes are the most common at 41.7%, while the usual household size has barely changed since 2011.
31.3% ▼ -2.8%
Higher than 71% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 32.1%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 31.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 3309, VIC, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 1 person (32%) and 4 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families are very common here, making up 28.9% of the total. This is far above the 14.1% seen across Australia and represents a sharp rise of 25 percentage points since 2011.
28.9% ▲ +741.9%
Higher than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 28.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →3309, VIC splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (38%) and Couples without children (35%), with One-parent families 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 3309, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3309/3309-vic/topic/family-households