2.5 → 0.0%
Higher than 57% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3531, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3531, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 63.3% of families in postcode 3531, making family life the dominant story here. Most homes are traditional family setups, with the typical household containing 2.5 people. This figure has remained steady for a decade and is about the same as the state and national figures.
2.5
→ 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 3531, VIC — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 28% of people live alone, which is a little above the Victorian and national figures. This is the second most common home size, while the largest group is two-person households at 32.9%.
28.0% ▼ -4.2%
Higher than 55% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 28.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →3531, VIC splits fairly evenly between 2 people (33%) and 1 person (28%), with 3 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 11.4% of the total, which is a little below the figures for Victoria and Australia. This proportion has risen by 2.2 percentage points since 2011.
11.4% ▲ +23.4%
Lower than 58% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 3531, VIC, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 3531, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3531/3531-vic/topic/family-households