2.3 ▼ -11.5%
Lower than 71% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3482, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3482, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
Single-person living is a defining feature of postcode 3482, where 32.4% of households consist of just one person. This is well above the national figure, contributing to a trend of smaller living arrangements. Overall, homes here are less crowded than in most other Australian areas.
2.3
▼ -11.5%
- 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 3482, VIC — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 32.4% of people live alone, a figure that has risen since 2011 and is much higher than most areas. This helps explain why the typical home holds only 2.3 people, which is a little below the Victorian and national figures.
32.4% ▲ +13.6%
Higher than 76% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 40.6%
- 2021: 32.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →3482, VIC splits fairly evenly between 1 person (36%) and 2 people (34%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 48.1% of families, while those without children account for 31.8%. One-parent families make up 10.1% of the total, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
10.1% ▲ +74.1%
Lower than 70% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 3482, VIC, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 34%.
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 3482, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3482/3482-vic/topic/family-households