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.
3699, VIC · Postcode
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.
All postcode areas, 2021. The marker is 3699, VIC — lower than 90% of areas.
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.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
40.0% ▲ +2.0%
Higher than 93% of postcode areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
3699, VIC splits fairly evenly between 1 person (40%) and 2 people (37%), with 3 people at 9%.
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.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In 3699, VIC, the largest group is Couples with children at 44%, followed by Couples without children (38%) and One-parent families (16%).
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