2.3 ▼ -14.8%
Lower than 71% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3544, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3544, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 40% of people in postcode 3544 live alone, a figure that is far above the national average. This trend has driven a shift toward smaller households, with the typical number of people per home falling to 2.3 since 2011.
2.3
▼ -14.8%
- 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 3544, VIC — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Living alone is common here, with 39.4% of households consisting of one person, which is far above the Victorian figure of 25.9%. This contributes to a typical household size of 2.3 people, slightly below the national average.
39.4% ▲ +51.3%
Higher than 92% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 34.0%
- 2021: 39.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →3544, VIC splits fairly evenly between 1 person (35%) and 2 people (31%), with 3 people at 10%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 57.5% of families. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 10.3%, which is well below the Australian figure of 14.1%.
10.3% ▼ -10.9%
Lower than 68% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 3544, VIC, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 33%.
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 3544, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3544/3544-vic/topic/family-households