2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3612, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3612, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 44% of families in postcode 3612 are couples without children, making them the most common household type. This area has a high number of small households, with many more people living alone than in the typical Victorian or Australian community.
2.1
▼ -4.5%
- 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 3612, VIC — lower than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
A high 37.5% of people live alone, a figure that is far above the national average and has risen since 2011. This helps explain why the typical home here has only 2.1 people, which is much lower than most areas.
37.5% ▲ +11.3%
Higher than 90% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 33.7%
- 2016: 37.8%
- 2021: 37.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →3612, VIC splits fairly evenly between 2 people (39%) and 1 person (38%), with 3 people at 10%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
About 40% of families are couples with children. One-parent families make up 13.4% of the total, which is higher than most areas and about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
13.4% ▼ -6.5%
Higher than 60% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →3612, VIC splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (44%) and Couples with children (40%), with One-parent families at 13%.
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 3612, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3612/3612-vic/topic/family-households