2.4 ▼ -7.7%
Lower than 57% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3516, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3516, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer one-parent families live in postcode 3516 compared to the rest of the state. While the area follows national trends for typical home sizes, it is marked by a much lower rate of single-parent households than seen across Victoria or Australia.
2.4
▼ -7.7%
- 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 3516, VIC — lower than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes in the area usually house 2.4 people, which is about the same as the national figure. However, the number of people living alone has risen to 25.2% since 2011, and two-person households are now the most common at 41.1%.
25.2% ▲ +37.3%
Lower than 59% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 28.5%
- 2021: 25.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 3516, VIC, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 4 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 57.7%. One-parent families account for only 6.2%, a figure that is well below the Victorian average of 13.3% and has fallen 5.3 points since 2011.
6.2% ▼ -45.9%
Lower than 89% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 6.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 3516, VIC, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 35%.
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 3516, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3516/3516-vic/topic/family-households