2.3 ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 71% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3561, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3561, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 30% of people in postcode 3561 live alone, which is a much higher figure than in most other areas. This trend has grown since 2011 and helps explain why homes here are generally smaller than the state average.
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 3561, VIC — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home has 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. This is driven by the 29.2% of residents living alone, a figure that has risen by 4.1 percentage points over the last decade.
29.2% ▲ +16.3%
Higher than 60% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 29.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 3561, VIC, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
About half of families are couples with children, while 13.5% are one-parent families. This last group is more common here than in most similar areas and has increased by 2.1 percentage points since 2011.
13.5% ▲ +18.7%
Higher than 60% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 3561, VIC, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (36%) and One-parent families (13%).
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 3561, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3561/3561-vic/topic/family-households