2.7 ▼ -3.6%
Higher than 79% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3586, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3586, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 64.6% of families in postcode 3586, making them the most common household type. This is a place where few people live alone and homes tend to hold more people than the national typical.
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 3586, VIC — higher than 79% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
With 2.7 people per home, households here are larger than most areas. Only 21.1% of people live alone, which is well below the 25.6% national figure, although this has risen slightly since 2011.
21.1% ▲ +14.5%
Lower than 75% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 18.4%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 21.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 3586, VIC, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 1 person (20%) and 4 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up just 6.3% of the total, which is among the lowest seen in similar areas and well below the 14.1% national figure. This figure has barely changed over the last decade.
6.3% ▼ -10.0%
Lower than 89% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 3586, VIC, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 3586, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3586/3586-vic/topic/family-households