3699, VIC · Postcode

Family & Households in 3699, VIC

How families and households are made up across the area.

Forty per cent of people in postcode 3699 live alone, which is far above the national figure of 25.6%. This reflects a trend towards smaller households, with the typical home holding just two people. While one-parent families are more common here than in most areas, their proportion has fallen since 2011.

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📍 3699, VIC, Postcode

Where 3699, VIC sits — Average household size

2.0 → 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 3699, VIC — lower than 90% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
3699, VIC2.0
Alpine 2.3
Victoria 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Homes here are much smaller than the state average, with just 2.0 people per home. This is driven by a very high number of single-person households, which account for 40% of the total.

2.0 → 0.0%

Lower than 90% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 2.0
  • 2016: 2.0
  • 2021: 2.0

Average number of people usually resident per household.

40.0% ▲ +2.0%

Higher than 93% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 39.2%
  • 2016: 42.7%
  • 2021: 40.0%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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3699, VIC splits fairly evenly between 1 person (40%) and 2 people (37%), with 3 people at 9%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up 16.1% of the area, a figure that is a little above the national average but has fallen by 4.6 points since 2011. Couples with children are the most common family type at 44.3%.

16.1% ▼ -22.4%

Higher than 77% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 20.7%
  • 2016: 19.7%
  • 2021: 16.1%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In 3699, VIC, the largest group is Couples with children at 44%, followed by Couples without children (38%) and One-parent families (16%).

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 3699, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3699/3699-vic/topic/family-households