2.3 ▲ +9.5%
Lower than 71% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3715, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3715, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all homes in postcode 3715 house two people, making this the most common living arrangement. The area has a very low rate of single-parent families compared to the rest of the country, while the typical number of people per home has climbed slightly since 2011.
2.3
▲ +9.5%
- 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 3715, VIC — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 2.3 people live in the typical home, which is a little below the national figure and lower than most areas. This is an increase from 2011, while the proportion of people living alone fell by 5.2 points to 23.6%.
23.6% ▼ -17.9%
Lower than 65% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 34.8%
- 2021: 23.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 3715, VIC, 2 people is the majority at 52%; 1 person is next at 24%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group at 48.1%, followed closely by couples with children at 44.5%. One-parent families make up only 6.4%, a figure that is well below the Victorian and national averages.
6.4% ▼ -5.0%
Lower than 89% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 6.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →3715, VIC splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (48%) and Couples with children (44%), with One-parent families at 6%.
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 3715, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3715/3715-vic/topic/family-households