2.3 ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 71% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3494, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3494, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 58.9% of families in postcode 3494, the most common family type here. While families are common, the area has a high number of people living alone, contributing to a smaller typical household size than the state average.
2.3
▼ -8.0%
- 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 3494, VIC — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 31.0% of people live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why the typical home has only 2.3 people, a figure that is a little below the state average and has fallen since 2011.
31.0% ▲ +2.1%
Higher than 69% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 30.3%
- 2016: 32.5%
- 2021: 31.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →3494, VIC splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (32%), with 3 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up only 6.6% of the total, which is well below the 14.1% national average. This is among the lowest proportions seen in similar areas and has fallen slightly since 2011.
6.6% ▼ -13.5%
Lower than 88% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 3494, VIC, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 32%.
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 3494, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3494/3494-vic/topic/family-households