2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3525, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3525, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in postcode 3525 than in most other areas, with 34.1% of households consisting of just one person. This trend has grown since 2011, leaving the area with a typical household size of 2.1 people, which is a little below the national figure.
2.1
▼ -4.5%
- 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 3525, VIC — lower than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
One-person households make up 34.1% of the area, a figure well above the 25.6% national average. This high number of solo residents helps explain why homes here are smaller than usual, with the typical home holding 2.1 people.
34.1% ▲ +4.4%
Higher than 83% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 32.7%
- 2016: 35.8%
- 2021: 34.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 3525, VIC, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 1 person (34%) and 3 people (9%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 43.8% of families, while couples without children account for 43.0%. One-parent families represent 11.0% of the total, which is well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
11.0% ▲ +10.5%
Lower than 62% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →3525, VIC splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (44%) and Couples without children (43%), with One-parent families at 11%.
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 3525, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3525/3525-vic/topic/family-households