2.1 ▼ -8.7%
Lower than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3533, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3533, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up the biggest group in postcode 3533, accounting for 46.7% of families. While many families live here, the area has a much higher rate of people living alone than most other parts of the country. This mix means the typical household is smaller than the national average.
2.1
▼ -8.7%
- 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 3533, VIC — lower than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Just 2.1 people live in the typical home, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. This reflects a high number of single-person households, with 34.8% of people living alone, a figure that has risen since 2011.
34.8% ▲ +2.9%
Higher than 85% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 33.8%
- 2016: 34.4%
- 2021: 34.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →3533, VIC splits fairly evenly between 2 people (39%) and 1 person (35%), with 3 people at 11%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 14.4% of the total, which is higher than most areas and a little above the Victorian average. This figure rose by 2.7 percentage points over the last ten years.
14.4% ▲ +22.9%
Higher than 68% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 3533, VIC, the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by Couples without children (37%) and One-parent families (14%).
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 3533, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3533/3533-vic/topic/family-households