2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3566, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3566, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people are sharing homes in postcode 3566 than in previous years. The number of people living alone has fallen since 2011, while one-parent families have become more common. Overall, homes here are slightly smaller than the national average, with a typical household containing 2.3 people.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 3566, VIC — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 29.1% of people live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. Two-person homes are the most common at 41%, and the typical household size has edged down since 2011.
29.1% ▼ -10.3%
Higher than 60% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 32.4%
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 29.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 3566, VIC, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 4 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 54.3% of families, while one-parent families account for 10.0%. This last figure is well below the Australian average of 14.1%, though it has risen by 2.6 percentage points since 2011.
10.0% ▲ +34.7%
Lower than 71% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 3566, VIC, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 35%.
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 3566, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3566/3566-vic/topic/family-households