2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3463, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3463, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in postcode 3463 than in most similar areas. This creates a distinctive household landscape where the typical home is smaller than the state and national figures, with over a third of residents living by themselves.
2.1
▼ -4.5%
- 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 3463, VIC — lower than 86% of areas.
| 3463, VIC | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| Mount Alexander | 2.2 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Living alone is common here, with 35.5% of households consisting of one person, a figure that has risen since 2011. This helps explain why homes are smaller than usual, with just 2.1 people per household compared to the national figure of 2.5.
35.5% ▲ +16.7%
Higher than 87% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 30.4%
- 2016: 36.1%
- 2021: 35.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 3463, VIC, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 1 person (35%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with only one parent make up 9.6% of the area, which is well below the figures for Victoria and Australia. Couples with and without children are almost equally common, each making up about 44% of family groups.
9.6% ▼ -20.9%
Lower than 73% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →3463, VIC splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (45%) and Couples with children (44%), with One-parent families at 10%.
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 3463, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3463/3463-vic/topic/family-households