2.0 ▼ -9.1%
Lower than 90% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3485, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3485, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all families in postcode 3485 are couples without children. This area has a very high number of small households, with many people living on their own compared to the rest of the country.
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 3485, VIC — lower than 90% of areas.
| 3485, VIC | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| Yarriambiack | 2.1 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A striking 40.2% of people here live alone, which is far above the national figure of 25.6%. Because of this, the typical home has just 2.0 people, well below the Australian average of 2.5.
40.2% ▲ +21.9%
Higher than 94% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 32.9%
- 2016: 36.9%
- 2021: 40.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →3485, VIC splits fairly evenly between 2 people (43%) and 1 person (40%), with 3 people at 8%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up only 6.5% of the total, which is much lower than the 14.1% seen across Australia. This figure has fallen by 5.3 points since 2011.
6.5% ▼ -45.1%
Lower than 89% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 3485, VIC, Couples without children is the majority at 51%; Couples with children is next at 43%.
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 3485, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3485/3485-vic/topic/family-households