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.
3461, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3461, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
Smaller than typical households are common in postcode 3461, where the number of people living alone is notably higher than in most other areas. This trend toward smaller living arrangements is reflected in a typical home size of 2.2 people, which is lower than the national figure.
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 3461, VIC — lower than 79% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Nearly 30% of residents live alone, a figure that is well above the Victorian average and has risen since 2011. Two-person households are the most common, making up 42.3% of the area.
29.9% ▲ +7.6%
Higher than 64% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 29.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 3461, VIC, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Only 9% of families are headed by one parent, which is well below the national figure and down from 12.4% in 2011. Couples with children make up 47.4% of families, while childless couples account for 42.8%.
9.0% ▼ -27.5%
Lower than 78% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →3461, VIC splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (47%) and Couples without children (43%), with One-parent families at 9%.
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 3461, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3461/3461-vic/topic/family-households