2.2 → 0.0%
Lower than 79% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3700, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3700, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
Family structures in postcode 3700 have remained steady over the last decade, though the number of one-parent families has fallen. It is an area where small households are common, with 31.3% of people living alone.
2.2
→ 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 3700, VIC — lower than 79% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Small households are common here, with 31.3% of people living alone—a figure well above the state and national averages. This helps explain why the typical home has only 2.2 people, which is much lower than most areas.
31.3% ▼ -2.5%
Higher than 71% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 32.1%
- 2016: 30.9%
- 2021: 31.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 3700, VIC, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (31%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 48.3% of families, while 38.2% are couples without children. One-parent families account for 13.0% of the total, which is about the same as the Victorian figure.
13.0% ▼ -21.0%
Higher than 56% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 3700, VIC, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (38%) and One-parent families (13%).
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 3700, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3700/3700-vic/topic/family-households