2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 79% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3623, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3623, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small households are much more common in postcode 3623 than in most similar areas. While many homes have just two people, there is a high proportion of residents living alone. This trend has grown since 2011, contributing to a typical household size that is now lower than both the state and national figures.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 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 3623, VIC — lower than 79% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 31% of people here live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. Because so many people live by themselves, the typical home has only 2.2 people, a figure that has edged down since 2011.
31.0% ▲ +8.3%
Higher than 70% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 31.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 3623, VIC, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 1 person (31%) and 3 people (10%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 19.8% of the local total, a figure that is among the highest for similar areas and well above the Victorian average of 13.3%. This proportion has risen by 8 percentage points since 2011.
19.8% ▲ +67.7%
Higher than 89% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 19.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →3623, VIC splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (40%) and Couples without children (40%), with One-parent families at 20%.
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 3623, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3623/3623-vic/topic/family-households