2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3465, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3465, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than a third of households in postcode 3465 are made up of just one person. This area has a high proportion of people living alone and a significantly higher rate of single-parent families compared to the rest of the state.
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 3465, VIC — lower than 86% of areas.
| 3465, VIC | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| Central Goldfields | 2.1 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here has only 2.1 people, which is much lower than most areas. This is driven by the 37.2% of residents who live alone, a figure that has risen since 2011 and sits far above the national average.
37.2% ▲ +8.6%
Higher than 89% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 34.2%
- 2016: 35.2%
- 2021: 37.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →3465, VIC splits fairly evenly between 2 people (37%) and 1 person (37%), with 3 people at 11%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 20.3% of the total, which is among the highest rates for similar areas and well above the Victorian figure of 13.3%.
20.3% ▲ +8.4%
Higher than 90% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 20.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →3465, VIC splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (41%) and Couples without children (37%), with One-parent families at 20%.
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 3465, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3465/3465-vic/topic/family-households