2.7 ▼ -3.6%
Higher than 79% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3562, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3562, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people live alone in postcode 3562 than in most similar areas. The region is mostly made up of family groups, with a typical home holding 2.7 people. This is a slightly higher number than the usual Victorian home.
2.7
▼ -3.6%
- 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 3562, VIC — higher than 79% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Only 15.6% of people live alone, a figure far below the national average of 25.6% and one that has fallen since 2011. Nearly half of all households here consist of two people, while 17.8% have four people.
15.6% ▼ -19.6%
Lower than 91% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 19.4%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 3562, VIC, 2 people is the majority at 52%; 4 people is next at 19%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 56.3%, followed by couples without children at 32.5%. One-parent families account for 12.2% of the total, which is a little below the Victorian figure of 13.3%.
12.2% ▲ +7.7%
Lower than 51% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 3562, VIC, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 32%.
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 3562, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3562/3562-vic/topic/family-households