2.5 → 0.0%
Higher than 57% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3621, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3621, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live alone in postcode 3621 than in most similar areas. While the typical home holds 2.5 people, nearly 30% of households consist of just one person. This is a distinct pattern for the area, as single-person homes are now much more common than the state and national figures.
2.5
→ 0.0%
- 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 3621, VIC — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 29.5% of people here live alone, a figure that is well above the Victorian average and has risen since 2011. Two-person homes are the most common, making up 33.6% of all households.
29.5% ▲ +12.4%
Higher than 62% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 29.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →3621, VIC splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (30%), with 4 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 56.5%, while one-parent families account for 13.5%. This proportion of single-parent homes is higher than in most similar areas, though it has fallen slightly since 2011.
13.5% ▼ -9.2%
Higher than 61% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 3621, VIC, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 3621, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3621/3621-vic/topic/family-households