2.8 ▲ +3.7%
Higher than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3637, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3637, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in postcode 3637 than in the rest of the country, which helps explain why homes here are larger. Most households consist of two or more people, and the typical home now holds 2.8 residents.
2.8
▲ +3.7%
- 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 3637, VIC — higher than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home holds 2.8 people, which is much higher than most areas and a little above the national figure of 2.5. Only 15.5% of people live alone, a figure that is far below the national average and has fallen since 2011.
15.5% ▼ -24.7%
Lower than 91% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 20.6%
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 3637, VIC, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 4 people (17%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 64.2% of families in the area. One-parent families account for only 8.5%, which is well below the Victorian figure of 13.3% and much lower than most similar areas.
8.5% ▲ +34.9%
Lower than 83% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 3637, VIC, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 3637, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3637/3637-vic/topic/family-households