2.5 ▼ -7.4%
Higher than 57% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3597, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3597, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
A growing number of people living alone has shifted the household makeup in postcode 3597 since 2011. While the typical home still holds 2.5 people, more than 30% of residents now live by themselves. This trend contrasts with a strong presence of couples with children, who make up over half of all families.
2.5
▼ -7.4%
- 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 3597, VIC — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Single-person households have risen to 30.4%, a figure well above the national average of 25.6%. Despite this rise, the typical home holds 2.5 people, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
30.4% ▲ +21.4%
Higher than 66% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 30.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →3597, VIC splits fairly evenly between 2 people (35%) and 1 person (31%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children are the most common family type at 58.5%. Meanwhile, one-parent families make up 9.8% of the total, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
9.8% ▲ +21.3%
Lower than 72% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 3597, VIC, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 3597, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3597/3597-vic/topic/family-households