2.6 —
Higher than 71% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3487, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3487, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in postcode 3487 than in most similar areas. This region is defined by larger living arrangements, where the typical home holds 2.6 people and single-person households have dropped sharply since 2016.
2.6
—
- 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 3487, VIC — higher than 71% of areas.
| 3487, VIC | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| Yarriambiack | 2.1 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 12.0% of people live alone, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%. This shift helps explain why the number of people per home has risen from 2.4 in 2016 to 2.6 today.
12.0% —
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 3487, VIC, the largest group is 2 people at 48%, followed by 3 people (26%) and 1 person (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 70.7% of families here. Notably, one-parent families have fallen to 0.0%, a figure far below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 3487, VIC, Couples with children is the majority at 68%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 3487, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3487/3487-vic/topic/family-households