2.4 ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 57% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3727, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3727, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in postcode 3727 compared to the rest of the state. This area is mostly made up of multi-person households, with a typical home holding 2.4 people. While most residents live in family groups, there has been a notable rise in the number of single-parent families over the last decade.
2.4
▼ -4.0%
- 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 3727, VIC — lower than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Only 17.9% of people here live alone, which is well below the Victorian figure of 25.9%. Two-person households are the most common, making up 43.8% of all homes.
17.9% ▼ -5.0%
Lower than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 18.8%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 3727, VIC, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 3 people (18%) and 1 person (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families now make up 14.5% of the area, a figure that rose 7.1 percentage points since 2011. This is a little above the state average, while couples with children are the largest group at 42.6%.
14.5% ▲ +96.0%
Higher than 68% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →3727, VIC splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (45%) and Couples without children (40%), with One-parent families at 15%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
More for 3727, VIC
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in 3727, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3727/3727-vic/topic/family-households