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.
3840, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3840, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
A high number of people living alone shapes the daily life of postcode 3840, where 34.3% of households are single-person homes. This is much higher than most similar areas and contributes to the area having smaller typical households than the state and national figures.
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 3840, VIC — lower than 79% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in the area has 2.2 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. This reflects a trend toward smaller households, with 34.3% of people living alone—a figure that has risen since 2011.
34.3% ▲ +10.3%
Higher than 83% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 31.1%
- 2016: 34.5%
- 2021: 34.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →3840, VIC splits fairly evenly between 2 people (35%) and 1 person (34%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 21.7% of the total, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. This is among the highest proportions for this level of area and has remained steady since 2011.
21.7% ▲ +3.3%
Higher than 92% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 21.0%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 21.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 3840, VIC, the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by Couples without children (31%) and One-parent families (22%).
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 3840, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3840/3840-vic/topic/family-households