2.2 ▲ +4.8%
Lower than 79% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3512, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3512, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
A much higher proportion of people live alone in postcode 3512 compared to the rest of the country. This helps explain why the typical home here is smaller than the state average, with only 2.2 people per household. It is a place where single-person dwellings and couples without children are common.
2.2
▲ +4.8%
- 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 3512, VIC — lower than 79% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 33.6% of people live alone, a figure well above the national average of 25.6%. Two-person households are the most common at 38.4%, and the typical number of people per home has edged up slightly since 2011.
33.6% ▼ -0.2%
Higher than 80% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 33.6%
- 2016: 34.0%
- 2021: 33.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →3512, VIC splits fairly evenly between 2 people (40%) and 1 person (35%), with 4 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 53.7% of families, while one-parent families are much less common here than in most areas. At 8.6%, the share of single-parent families is well below the Victorian figure of 13.3%.
8.6% ▲ +25.2%
Lower than 82% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 3512, VIC, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 36%.
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 3512, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3512/3512-vic/topic/family-households