2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 79% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3400, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3400, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small households are common in postcode 3400, where a typical home holds just 2.2 people. This is much lower than most areas, reflecting a high number of people living on their own.
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 3400, VIC — lower than 79% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 34.8% of people here live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. This trend has risen since 2011 and helps explain why the typical home size is a little below the Victorian average.
34.8% ▲ +6.0%
Higher than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 32.9%
- 2016: 34.1%
- 2021: 34.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →3400, VIC splits fairly evenly between 1 person (35%) and 2 people (34%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.2% of the total, a figure that is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. This proportion has remained steady since 2011, while over half of all families are couples with children.
17.2% ▲ +3.6%
Higher than 82% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 3400, VIC, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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 3400, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3400/3400-vic/topic/family-households