2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3874, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3874, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in postcode 3874 than in most similar areas. This trend has grown since 2011, and as a result, the typical home is smaller than the state and national figures. Roughly one third of all households consist of just one person.
2.1
▼ -4.5%
- 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 3874, VIC — lower than 86% of areas.
| 3874, VIC | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| Wellington | 2.3 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
People living alone make up 33.7% of households, which is well above the 25.6% national figure. This helps explain why the typical home has only 2.1 people, a figure that is a little below the Australian average of 2.5.
33.7% ▲ +15.0%
Higher than 81% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2016: 32.6%
- 2021: 33.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 3874, VIC, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 1 person (33%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children are the most common family type at 49.1%. Meanwhile, one-parent families make up 10.8% of the mix, which is well below the national figure of 14.1% and has fallen since 2011.
10.8% ▼ -28.4%
Lower than 64% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 3874, VIC, the largest group is Couples without children at 49%, followed by Couples with children (40%) and One-parent families (11%).
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 3874, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3874/3874-vic/topic/family-households