2.7 ▼ -3.6%
Higher than 79% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3401, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3401, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people are living in each home in postcode 3401 than there were in 2011. The area is now defined by large family groups, with 62.3% of families being couples with children. While the typical home size has edged down slightly to 2.7 people, it remains much higher than in most other areas.
2.7
▼ -3.6%
- 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 3401, VIC — higher than 79% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
A small number of people live alone here, at 18.3%, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. Most homes are occupied by two people (38.4%), though 16.4% of households have four people.
18.3% ▲ +9.5%
Lower than 84% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 3401, VIC, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 1 person (18%) and 4 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up only 7.0% of the total, a figure that is well below the Victorian average of 13.3% and has barely changed since 2011. Couples without children account for another 30.3% of families.
7.0% ▼ -1.7%
Lower than 88% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 7.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 3401, VIC, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 3401, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3401/3401-vic/topic/family-households