2.2 ▼ -12.0%
Lower than 79% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3610, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3610, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
Single-person homes have surged in postcode 3610, with one-third of all households now consisting of just one person. This shift has left the area with a typical household size of 2.2 people, which is much lower than most other areas in the country.
2.2
▼ -12.0%
- 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 3610, VIC — lower than 79% of areas.
| 3610, VIC | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| Greater Shepparton | 2.5 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A high 33.1% of residents live alone, a figure that is well above the national average and has risen by 7.7 percentage points since 2011. This helps explain why the number of people per home has fallen from 2.5 to 2.2 over the last decade.
33.1% ▲ +30.2%
Higher than 79% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 33.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →3610, VIC splits fairly evenly between 2 people (37%) and 1 person (33%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 53.3% of families, while those without children account for 34.9%. One-parent families represent 11.8% of the total, which is a little below the national figure and has fallen slightly since 2011.
11.8% ▼ -11.7%
Lower than 55% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 3610, VIC, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 35%.
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 3610, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3610/3610-vic/topic/family-households