2.2 ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 79% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3720, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3720, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
Half of all families in postcode 3720 are couples without children. This reflects a trend toward smaller households, where the typical home now holds just 2.2 people. The area has a higher proportion of people living alone than the state and national averages.
2.2
▼ -8.3%
- 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 3720, VIC — lower than 79% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are smaller than in most other areas, with the typical household holding 2.2 people. This is down from 2.4 in 2011, while the proportion of people living alone has risen to 28.3%.
28.3% ▲ +13.0%
Higher than 56% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 28.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 3720, VIC, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 4 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up only 7.6% of the total, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This is a drop of 3.1 percentage points since 2011.
7.6% ▼ -29.2%
Lower than 87% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 7.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 3720, VIC, the largest group is Couples without children at 50%, followed by Couples with children (42%) and One-parent families (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 3720, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3720/3720-vic/topic/family-households