2.3 ▼ -11.5%
Lower than 71% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3573, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3573, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are living alone in postcode 3573 than in the past, with single-person households rising by 8.7 percentage points since 2011. This shift has contributed to a smaller typical household size, which now sits at 2.3 people. Most homes are occupied by couples, though the number of one-parent families has also grown since 2011.
2.3
▼ -11.5%
- 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 3573, VIC — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 31.5% of people live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. This high rate of single occupants helps explain why the typical home holds only 2.3 people, a figure that is lower than most areas and has fallen since 2011.
31.5% ▲ +38.2%
Higher than 72% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 31.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 3573, VIC, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (31%) and 4 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 54.1%, while couples without children account for 32%. One-parent families make up 11.5% of the total, which is a little below the Victorian average of 13.3%.
11.5% ▲ +45.7%
Lower than 58% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 3573, VIC, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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 3573, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3573/3573-vic/topic/family-households