2.1 ▼ -8.7%
Lower than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3355, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3355, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much higher rates of single-person living than most similar areas define the home life in postcode 3355. This is a place where smaller households are common, with 37.5% of people living alone.
2.1
▼ -8.7%
- 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 3355, VIC — lower than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Only 2.1 people live in the typical home, which is a little below the national figure and a drop from 2011. This trend is reflected in the high number of single-person households, which rose to 37.5% over the last decade.
37.5% ▲ +14.3%
Higher than 90% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 32.8%
- 2016: 36.5%
- 2021: 37.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →3355, VIC splits fairly evenly between 1 person (38%) and 2 people (35%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 25.4% of the total, a figure far above the Victorian average of 13.3%. This proportion is among the highest for similar areas and has risen slightly since 2011.
25.4% ▲ +6.7%
Higher than 98% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 25.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 3355, VIC, the largest group is Couples with children at 42%, followed by Couples without children (31%) and One-parent families (25%).
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 3355, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3355/3355-vic/topic/family-households