2.2 → 0.0%
Lower than 79% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3517, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3517, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
A rising number of people living alone has shaped the local landscape in postcode 3517 since 2011. This area now sees 33.9% of households consist of just one person, a figure well above the national average. These trends contribute to smaller typical home sizes compared to most of the country.
2.2
→ 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 3517, VIC — lower than 79% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds 2.2 people, which is a little below the Victorian and Australian figures. This is driven by a high rate of single-person homes, with 33.9% of residents living alone—a trend that has risen since 2011.
33.9% ▲ +4.3%
Higher than 82% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 32.5%
- 2016: 36.3%
- 2021: 33.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →3517, VIC splits fairly evenly between 2 people (39%) and 1 person (34%), with 3 people at 10%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
About half of all families are couples with children, while 37.3% are couples without children. One-parent families make up 12.5% of the total, which is about the same as the state average and has barely changed over the last decade.
12.5% ▼ -1.3%
Higher than 52% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 3517, VIC, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (37%) and One-parent families (12%).
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 3517, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3517/3517-vic/topic/family-households