2.1 ▼ -8.7%
Lower than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3490, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3490, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all families in postcode 3490 are couples with children. This area is marked by a high number of small households, with the typical home now holding just 2.1 people.
2.1
▼ -8.7%
- 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 3490, VIC — lower than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
A striking 36.4% of residents live alone, which is far above the national figure of 25.6%. This trend has risen since 2011 and helps explain why the usual household size is much lower than in most other areas.
36.4% ▲ +2.6%
Higher than 88% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 35.4%
- 2016: 36.0%
- 2021: 36.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →3490, VIC splits fairly evenly between 2 people (41%) and 1 person (36%), with 3 people at 10%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 45.6% of families, while 42.2% are couples without children. Single-parent families account for 11.1%, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
11.1% ▲ +1.2%
Lower than 61% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →3490, VIC splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (46%) and Couples without children (42%), with One-parent families at 11%.
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 3490, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3490/3490-vic/topic/family-households