2.9 → 0.0%
Higher than 89% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3501, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3501, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in postcode 3501 than in the rest of Victoria, with only 18.5% of households consisting of one person. This trend helps explain why homes here are larger than the national average, with a typical household containing 2.9 people.
2.9
→ 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 3501, VIC — higher than 89% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes here hold 2.9 people, which is a little above the Victorian and national figures of 2.5. While the share of people living alone is much lower than most areas, it has risen slightly since 2011 to reach 18.5%.
18.5% ▲ +16.7%
Lower than 84% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 3501, VIC, the largest group is 2 people at 30%, followed by 4 people (22%) and 1 person (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 70% of families in the area. Only 6.5% of families are one-parent households, which is well below the national figure of 14.1% and among the lowest for similar areas.
6.5% ▼ -11.9%
Lower than 88% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 3501, VIC, Couples with children is the majority at 70%; Couples without children is next at 23%.
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 3501, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3501/3501-vic/topic/family-households