2.3 ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 71% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3546, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3546, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people are living in each home in postcode 3546 than in 2011. This area now has a typical household size of 2.3 people, which is lower than the state and national figures. This shift is seen in the high number of people living alone.
2.3
▼ -8.0%
- 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 3546, VIC — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 30.7% of people here live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. Two-person homes are the most common at 44.3%, while the typical number of people per home has dropped from 2.5 in 2011 to 2.3 today.
30.7% ▲ +2.0%
Higher than 68% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 30.1%
- 2016: 34.9%
- 2021: 30.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 3546, VIC, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 46.6% of families, and couples without children account for 42.1%. One-parent families represent 12.0% of the total, a figure that has fallen since 2011 and sits a little below the Victorian average.
12.0% ▼ -14.6%
Lower than 53% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →3546, VIC splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (46%) and Couples without children (42%), with One-parent families at 12%.
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 3546, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3546/3546-vic/topic/family-households