2.1 ▼ -8.7%
Lower than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3509, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3509, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
Smaller household sizes define the daily life of postcode 3509, where just 2.1 people live per home. This is much lower than most areas, with a significant number of residents living on their own.
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 3509, VIC — lower than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Single-person homes are common, making up 32.3% of households, a figure that is well above the national average and has risen since 2011. Nearly 45% of homes hold two people, while larger households of four or five people are less common.
32.3% ▲ +32.4%
Higher than 75% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 32.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 3509, VIC, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 1 person (32%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children are the most frequent family type at 46.3%, slightly edging out couples with children at 45.7%. One-parent families make up 13.4% of the total, which is higher than most areas and about the same as the state figure.
13.4% ▲ +3.7%
Higher than 60% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →3509, VIC splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (44%) and Couples with children (43%), with One-parent families at 13%.
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 3509, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3509/3509-vic/topic/family-households