2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3595, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3595, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people have started living alone in postcode 3595 since 2011, contributing to smaller home sizes. This area now sees a typical household of 2.3 people, which is lower than most similar areas.
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 3595, VIC — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
One in three residents lives alone, a figure that is well above the national average and has risen since 2011. This helps explain why the typical home holds fewer people than those in the rest of Victoria.
33.3% ▲ +8.7%
Higher than 79% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 30.7%
- 2016: 36.1%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →3595, VIC splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (33%), with 3 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 20.9% of the own-home groups here, which is among the highest rates for this level. This is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3%, though it has fallen slightly since 2011.
20.9% ▼ -5.0%
Higher than 91% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 22.0%
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 20.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 3595, VIC, the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by Couples without children (30%) and One-parent families (21%).
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 3595, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3595/3595-vic/topic/family-households