3.2 ▼ -5.9%
Higher than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 3.4
- 2016: 3.2
- 2021: 3.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3662, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3662, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are the norm in postcode 3662, where the typical home holds 3.2 people. This is well above the national figure of 2.5, reflecting a community where few people live on their own.
3.2
▼ -5.9%
- 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 3662, VIC — higher than 99% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Very few people live alone here, at just 6.4%, which is far below the 25.6% national average. Most homes are larger, with nearly 30% holding two people and a quarter holding four.
6.4% ▲ +92.4%
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 6.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →3662, VIC splits fairly evenly between 2 people (29%) and 4 people (25%), with 3 people at 22%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is dominated by couples with children, who make up 79.7% of households. One-parent families are far less common than in the rest of Australia, accounting for only 2.4% of the total.
2.4% ▼ -36.0%
Lower than 96% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 2.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 3662, VIC, Couples with children is the majority at 80%; Couples without children is next at 18%.
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 3662, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3662/3662-vic/topic/family-households