2.2 → 0.0%
Lower than 79% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3462, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3462, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in postcode 3462 than in other parts of the state, with 36.6% of all households made up of just one person. This trend has risen since 2011 and has left the area with a much lower number of people per home than the national figure.
2.2
→ 0.0%
- 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 3462, VIC — lower than 79% of areas.
| 3462, VIC | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| Mount Alexander | 2.2 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds 2.2 people, which is much lower than most areas. This is driven by the high number of single-person households, which rose to 36.6% and sits far above the Victorian figure of 25.9%.
36.6% ▲ +4.5%
Higher than 88% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 35.0%
- 2016: 31.4%
- 2021: 36.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →3462, VIC splits fairly evenly between 1 person (36%) and 2 people (35%), with 4 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
About half of all families here are couples with children, while 37.7% are couples without children. One-parent families make up 12.5% of the total, which is about the same as the state average.
12.5% ▲ +1.8%
Higher than 52% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 3462, VIC, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (38%) and One-parent families (13%).
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 3462, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3462/3462-vic/topic/family-households