2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 79% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3537, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3537, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of the families in postcode 3537 are couples with children. This area has a high number of people living alone, which helps explain why the typical home holds only 2.2 people—a figure that is lower than the national average.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 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 3537, VIC — lower than 79% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 35.3% of residents live alone, which is well above the Victorian figure and has risen 7.6 points since 2011. Because of this, the typical home is smaller than most areas, with just 2.2 people per dwelling.
35.3% ▲ +27.5%
Higher than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 30.9%
- 2021: 35.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →3537, VIC splits fairly evenly between 2 people (37%) and 1 person (35%), with 4 people at 10%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 51.2% of families, while couples without children account for 35.7%. One-parent families represent 12.5% of the total, a figure that is about the same as the state average but has risen 5.9 points since 2011.
12.5% ▲ +90.0%
Higher than 52% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 3537, VIC, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 36%.
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 3537, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3537/3537-vic/topic/family-households