2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 79% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3377, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3377, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up the largest group in postcode 3377, accounting for 46.2% of families. The area is marked by a high number of people living alone and a higher-than-average proportion of one-parent families. These trends contribute to a smaller typical household size compared to most of the country.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 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 3377, VIC — lower than 79% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
A third of residents (33%) live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. Because so many people live by themselves, the typical home in the area holds only 2.2 people, slightly below the Australian average of 2.5.
33.0% ▲ +7.3%
Higher than 78% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 30.7%
- 2016: 32.3%
- 2021: 33.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →3377, VIC splits fairly evenly between 2 people (37%) and 1 person (33%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.5% of the total, a figure well above both the state and national averages. This proportion has risen by 1.9 percentage points since 2011.
17.5% ▲ +12.0%
Higher than 84% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 15.6%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 3377, VIC, the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by Couples without children (35%) and One-parent families (18%).
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 3377, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3377/3377-vic/topic/family-households