2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 57% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3726, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3726, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are living alone in postcode 3726 than in 2011. This area is mostly made up of families, though a growing number of single-person households now make up over a quarter of all homes. The typical home here has about 2.4 people, which is about the same as across Victoria and Australia.
2.4
→ 0.0%
- 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 3726, VIC — lower than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 28.3% of people now live alone, a figure that has risen slightly since 2011. Two-person homes are the most common, making up 40.9% of all households.
28.3% ▲ +10.8%
Higher than 56% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 28.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 3726, VIC, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 9.4% of the area, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. Most families here are couples, with 52.2% having children and 37.7% without.
9.4% ▲ +1.8%
Lower than 75% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 3726, VIC, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 38%.
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 3726, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3726/3726-vic/topic/family-households