2.0 ▼ -9.1%
Lower than 90% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3833, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3833, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 40% of people live alone in postcode 3833, a figure far above the national average. This creates a landscape of small households, with the typical home housing just two people. These patterns highlight a community where single-person living is much more common than in most other areas.
2.0
▼ -9.1%
- 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 3833, VIC — lower than 90% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
People per home is well below the Victorian figure, sitting at 2.0 and continuing a downward trend from 2011. This is reflected in the fact that 39.1% of residents live alone, which is far above the 25.6% seen across Australia.
39.1% ▲ +0.1%
Higher than 92% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 39.0%
- 2016: 39.8%
- 2021: 39.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →3833, VIC splits fairly evenly between 2 people (40%) and 1 person (38%), with 4 people at 9%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up nearly half of all families at 48.5%. One-parent families are much less common here than in most areas, falling to 7.5% in 2021, which is well below the national figure.
7.5% ▼ -54.3%
Lower than 87% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 3833, VIC, the largest group is Couples without children at 49%, followed by Couples with children (41%) and One-parent families (8%).
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 3833, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3833/3833-vic/topic/family-households