2.3 ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 71% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3701, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3701, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people are sharing homes in postcode 3701 than in most other areas. The typical home holds just 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure. This trend is growing, as the number of people living alone has risen to 27.1% since 2011.
2.3
▼ -8.0%
- 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 3701, VIC — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Small households are common here, with 46% of homes housing just two people. The usual number of people per home has dropped from 2.5 in 2011 to 2.3 today, which is lower than most areas.
27.1% ▲ +12.3%
Higher than 50% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 27.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 3701, VIC, the largest group is 2 people at 46%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 4 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up only 5.0% of the total, a figure that is well below the national average and has fallen since 2011. Nearly half of all families are couples with children, while 47.1% are couples without children.
5.0% ▼ -21.4%
Lower than 91% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 5.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →3701, VIC splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (48%) and Couples without children (47%), with One-parent families at 5%.
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 3701, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3701/3701-vic/topic/family-households