2.4 ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 57% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3624, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3624, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over 31% of people live alone in postcode 3624, a figure well above the national average. This area is seeing a notable shift toward smaller households, with a significant rise in single-person homes over the last decade. Most residents live in small groups, though more than half of families still include children.
2.4
▼ -4.0%
- 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 3624, VIC — lower than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here has 2.4 people, which is about the same as the national figure. Single-person homes now make up 31.3% of all households, a jump of 9.5 percentage points since 2011.
31.3% ▲ +43.6%
Higher than 71% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 21.8%
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 31.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 3624, VIC, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (32%) and 4 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 51.6% of families, while 32.5% are couples without children. One-parent families account for 15.0% of the total, which is higher than most areas and rose 5.7 percentage points since 2011.
15.0% ▲ +60.7%
Higher than 72% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 3624, VIC, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 33%.
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 3624, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3624/3624-vic/topic/family-households