2.0 ▼ -9.1%
Lower than 90% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3712, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3712, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
Almost 40% of people live alone in postcode 3712, making it an area where small households are the norm. This is far above the national figure and reflects a trend of shrinking home sizes over the last decade.
2.0
▼ -9.1%
- 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 3712, VIC — lower than 90% of areas.
| 3712, VIC | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| Murrindindi | 2.3 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Small households are very common here, with only 2.0 people per home compared to the national figure of 2.5. This is driven by the 39.8% of residents who live alone, a figure that has risen since 2011.
39.8% ▲ +16.2%
Higher than 93% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 34.2%
- 2016: 38.9%
- 2021: 39.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →3712, VIC splits fairly evenly between 1 person (41%) and 2 people (40%), with 3 people at 8%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group at 46.6%. One-parent families are much less common than in most areas at 7.8%, which is well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
7.8% ▼ -47.2%
Lower than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 7.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →3712, VIC splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (47%) and Couples with children (45%), with One-parent families at 8%.
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 3712, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3712/3712-vic/topic/family-households