2.5 —
Higher than 57% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3599, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3599, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 55.2% of families in postcode 3599, the largest family group in the area. This community has a low rate of one-parent families compared to the rest of the country, and typical homes here house about 2.5 people.
2.5
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- 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 3599, VIC — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Most homes contain two people (29.4%) or one person (27.5%). While the usual number of people per home is 2.5—about the same as the national figure—this number has moved up since 2016.
27.5% —
Higher than 52% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 27.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →3599, VIC splits fairly evenly between 2 people (38%) and 1 person (36%), with 4 people at 18%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up only 4.2% of the total, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This is a significant drop from 2016, when the rate was 16.9%.
4.2% —
Lower than 93% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 4.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 3599, VIC, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 40%.
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 3599, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3599/3599-vic/topic/family-households