2.8 → 0.0%
Higher than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3854, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3854, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 63.1% of families in postcode 3854, forming the dominant household type. This is a place where larger living arrangements are common and single-person homes are rare. Most households here consist of multiple people, a pattern that has remained steady for a decade.
2.8
→ 0.0%
- 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 3854, VIC — higher than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home holds 2.8 people, which is a little above the national figure and much higher than most areas. This is mirrored by the low number of people living alone, at only 16.9%, which is well below the Victorian average of 25.9%.
16.9% ▲ +13.0%
Lower than 88% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 3854, VIC, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 4 people (18%) and 1 person (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up just 7.5% of the total, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages. This proportion has remained ownly stable since 2011.
7.5% ▼ -9.6%
Lower than 87% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 3854, VIC, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 3854, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3854/3854-vic/topic/family-households