2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3705, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3705, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much smaller households than the national average define postcode 3705, where the typical home holds just 2.1 people. This trend is driven by a high number of people living alone, which has increased over the last decade.
2.1
▼ -4.5%
- 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 3705, VIC — lower than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Nearly 30% of residents live alone, a figure well above both the Victorian and national averages. This helps explain why the typical household size is much lower than most areas and has edged down since 2011.
29.5% ▲ +20.3%
Higher than 62% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 29.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 3705, VIC, the largest group is 2 people at 50%, followed by 1 person (32%) and 5 people (9%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up over half of all families here. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for just 5% of the total, which is well below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
5.0% ▼ -3.9%
Lower than 91% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 5.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 3705, VIC, Couples without children is the majority at 55%; Couples with children is next at 40%.
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 3705, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3705/3705-vic/topic/family-households