2.0 ▼ -9.1%
Lower than 90% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3478, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3478, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
Forty-one percent of homes in postcode 3478 are occupied by just one person. This is a very high rate compared to the rest of the country, contributing to a small typical household size of just two people.
2.0
▼ -9.1%
- 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 3478, VIC — lower than 90% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Living alone is common here, with 41% of households being single-person homes, a figure that has risen by 8 points since 2011. Consequently, the typical home has only 2 people, which is well below the Victorian and national figure of 2.5.
41.0% ▲ +24.4%
Higher than 95% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 33.0%
- 2016: 40.1%
- 2021: 41.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →3478, VIC splits fairly evenly between 1 person (41%) and 2 people (36%), with 3 people at 9%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest family group at 43.3%, while couples without children account for 39.8%. One-parent families make up 15.3% of the total, which is a little above the national figure and has risen since 2011.
15.3% ▲ +20.3%
Higher than 73% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →3478, VIC splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (43%) and Couples without children (40%), with One-parent families at 15%.
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 3478, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3478/3478-vic/topic/family-households