2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 79% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3825, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3825, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in postcode 3825 than in most similar areas. This trend helps explain why the typical home here is smaller than the state and national figures. This area has a high number of single-person households and a significant proportion of one-parent families.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 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 3825, VIC — lower than 79% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 36.8% of people live alone, which is far above the national figure of 25.6%. Because so many live by themselves, the typical home has 2.2 people, a figure that is a little below the Victorian average and has edged down since 2011.
36.8% ▲ +11.5%
Higher than 89% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 33.0%
- 2016: 34.2%
- 2021: 36.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →3825, VIC splits fairly evenly between 1 person (37%) and 2 people (33%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 20.4% of the total, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. This figure is among the highest for similar areas and rose slightly from 19.2% in 2011.
20.4% ▲ +6.0%
Higher than 90% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 20.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 3825, VIC, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (30%) and One-parent families (20%).
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 3825, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3825/3825-vic/topic/family-households