2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3639, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3639, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than a third of people in postcode 3639 live alone, creating a residential landscape with smaller-than-average households. This trend has grown since 2011, and the area now sees far more single-person homes than the national figure.
2.1
▼ -4.5%
- 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 3639, VIC — lower than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds 2.1 people, which is much lower than most areas. This is partly because 35.9% of residents live alone, a figure that has risen by 5.7 percentage points since 2011.
35.9% ▲ +19.1%
Higher than 87% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 30.1%
- 2016: 32.6%
- 2021: 35.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →3639, VIC splits fairly evenly between 2 people (38%) and 1 person (35%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 45% of families, while couples without children account for 43.8%. One-parent families are less common here than in most other areas, making up 10.6% of the total.
10.6% ▼ -24.1%
Lower than 65% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →3639, VIC splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (45%) and Couples without children (44%), with One-parent families at 11%.
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 3639, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3639/3639-vic/topic/family-households