2.0 ▼ -4.8%
Lower than 90% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3450, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3450, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in postcode 3450 than in most similar areas. This has left the region with a typical household size of just 2.0 people, which is well below the national and state figures.
2.0
▼ -4.8%
- 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 3450, VIC — lower than 90% of areas.
| 3450, VIC | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| Mount Alexander | 2.2 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 39.4% of residents live by themselves, a figure that has risen since 2011 and sits far above the Victorian average of 25.9%. This helps explain why the typical home here has only 2.0 people, which is among the lowest for this area type.
39.4% ▲ +5.6%
Higher than 93% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 37.3%
- 2016: 38.3%
- 2021: 39.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →3450, VIC splits fairly evenly between 1 person (40%) and 2 people (37%), with 3 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.9% of the total, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. Most families here are couples, with 43.3% having children and 37.9% without.
17.9% ▼ -3.3%
Higher than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 18.5%
- 2016: 17.7%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 3450, VIC, the largest group is Couples with children at 43%, followed by Couples without children (38%) 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 3450, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3450/3450-vic/topic/family-households