2.3 ▲ +4.5%
Lower than 71% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3739, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3739, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
A rise in single-person living and one-parent homes has shaped the local landscape since 2011 in postcode 3739. The area now sees a higher share of one-parent families than most similar places, with 16.8% of families fitting this description.
2.3
▲ +4.5%
- 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 3739, VIC — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure. This is partly because the number of people living alone has risen to 27.9% since 2011, a figure slightly above the Victorian average.
27.9% ▲ +20.2%
Higher than 54% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 32.6%
- 2021: 27.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 3739, VIC, the largest group is 2 people at 48%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 4 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 16.8% of the area, a figure that is well above the state average and has risen by 6.3 percentage points over the last decade. Nearly half of all families are couples without children.
16.8% ▲ +59.6%
Higher than 80% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 3739, VIC, the largest group is Couples without children at 46%, followed by Couples with children (35%) and One-parent families (16%).
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 3739, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3739/3739-vic/topic/family-households