2.9 ▼ -6.5%
Higher than 89% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3759, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3759, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people share a home in postcode 3759 than in most similar areas. With a typical household size of 2.9 people, the area is defined by large family groups and very few people living on their own.
2.9
▼ -6.5%
- 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 3759, VIC — higher than 89% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Only 13.4% of people live alone, which is far below the Victorian and national figures. This helps explain why the 2.9 people per home is among the highest at this level, though it has edged down slightly since 2011.
13.4% ▼ -5.5%
Lower than 96% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 3759, VIC, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 4 people (21%) and 3 people (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families here at 61.3%. One-parent families account for 10.5%, a figure that is lower than most areas and well below the national average, despite rising slightly since 2011.
10.5% ▲ +17.4%
Lower than 67% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 3759, VIC, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 3759, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3759/3759-vic/topic/family-households