2.7 ▲ +8.0%
Higher than 79% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3378, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3378, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
Large households and a growing number of people living alone define daily life in postcode 3378. While most homes house multiple people, those living by themselves now make up 37.2% of all households. This creates a contrasting mix of living arrangements across the area.
2.7
▲ +8.0%
- 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 3378, VIC — higher than 79% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than in most areas, with typically 2.7 people per household. This is a shift from 2011, but it sits alongside a sharp rise in people living alone, which grew by 20 percentage points to reach 37.2%.
37.2% ▲ +121.5%
Higher than 89% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 37.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 3378, VIC, the largest group is 1 person at 32%, followed by 2 people (26%) and 5 people (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is dominated by couples with children, who make up 75.2% of families. In contrast, one-parent families are much less common here than in most areas, at just 7.9%, which is well below the national figure.
7.9% ▼ -14.7%
Lower than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 3378, VIC, Couples with children is the majority at 76%; Couples without children is next at 16%.
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 3378, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3378/3378-vic/topic/family-households