2.1 ▼ -12.5%
Lower than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3371, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3371, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
Almost 40% of people in postcode 3371 now live alone, a figure that has climbed steadily since 2011. This shift means the area has seen a rise in single-person households and a small increase in one-parent families, making it distinct from the typical Victorian community.
2.1
▼ -12.5%
- 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 3371, 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 of 2.5. This lower density is driven by the fact that 38.8% of residents live alone, a rate far above the Australian average.
38.8% ▲ +33.7%
Higher than 92% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 29.0%
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 38.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →3371, VIC splits fairly evenly between 1 person (38%) and 2 people (38%), with 3 people at 11%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 16.8% of the area, which is well above the Victorian average of 13.3%. Couples without children are the most common family type at 41.2%, followed closely by couples with children at 40.3%.
16.8% ▲ +13.3%
Higher than 80% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →3371, VIC splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (41%) and Couples with children (41%), with One-parent families at 17%.
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 3371, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3371/3371-vic/topic/family-households