2.3 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3638, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3638, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much higher proportions of single-person homes than most similar areas define the household landscape in postcode 3638. Over a third of all homes are occupied by just one person. This trend has grown over the last decade, creating a community where small households are very common.
2.3
→ 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 3638, VIC — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 35.2% of people here live alone, a figure well above the Victorian average of 25.9%. Because of this, the typical home has 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5.
35.2% ▲ +7.2%
Higher than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 32.9%
- 2016: 31.0%
- 2021: 35.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →3638, VIC splits fairly evenly between 1 person (35%) and 2 people (35%), with 4 people at 10%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
More than half of families are couples with children, while one-parent families make up 15.0% of the total. This share of single-parent homes is higher than in most areas and has risen by 2.3 points since 2011.
15.0% ▲ +18.5%
Higher than 72% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 3638, VIC, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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 3638, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3638/3638-vic/topic/family-households