2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 57% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3491, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3491, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
A far higher share of people live alone in postcode 3491 compared to the rest of the state. While the typical home size is about the same as the national figure, the area has seen a sharp increase in single-person households over the last decade.
2.4
→ 0.0%
- 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 3491, VIC — lower than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Nearly 39% of people here live alone, which is far above the 26% seen across Australia. This is a significant jump from 2011, when only 27.7% of households consisted of one person.
38.5% ▲ +39.0%
Higher than 91% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 36.4%
- 2021: 38.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →3491, VIC splits fairly evenly between 1 person (41%) and 2 people (37%), with 5 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 56.3% of families, though one-parent families have risen to 14.3%. This latest figure is higher than most other areas and represents a 7.1 point increase since 2011.
14.3% ▲ +98.2%
Higher than 67% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 3491, VIC, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 3491, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3491/3491-vic/topic/family-households