2.5 → 0.0%
Higher than 57% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3873, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3873, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of the homes in postcode 3873 are lived in by couples with children. This area has a strong family focus, though the number of people living alone has grown steadily over the last decade.
2.5
→ 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 3873, VIC — higher than 57% of areas.
| 3873, VIC | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Wellington | 2.3 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home has 2.5 people, which is about the same as the Victorian and national figures. Two-person households are the most common at 36.9%, while those living alone now make up 26.2% of the area.
26.2% ▲ +27.4%
Lower than 54% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 20.6%
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 26.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 3873, VIC, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 4 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 10.3% of the total, which is well below the state and national figures. This is a small increase from 2011, and it sits alongside a high proportion of couples with children who make up 59.9% of families.
10.3% ▲ +28.3%
Lower than 68% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 3873, VIC, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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 3873, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3873/3873-vic/topic/family-households