1.9 → 0.0%
Lower than 95% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 1.9
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 1.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3890, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3890, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples without children make up the largest group in postcode 3890, accounting for 46.7% of families. This area is marked by very small households, with far more people living alone than in the typical Victorian or Australian home.
1.9
→ 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 3890, VIC — lower than 95% of areas.
| 3890, VIC | 1.9 |
|---|---|
| East Gippsland | 2.2 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 40.7% of people here live alone, which is far above the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why the typical home has just 1.9 people, a number well below the Victorian average of 2.5.
40.7% ▼ -8.7%
Higher than 94% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 44.6%
- 2016: 42.3%
- 2021: 40.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →3890, VIC splits fairly evenly between 2 people (43%) and 1 person (42%), with 4 people at 8%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.1% of the total, which is much higher than most areas. While this is well above the state average, the figure has fallen 21 points since 2011.
17.1% ▼ -54.7%
Higher than 82% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 37.7%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 3890, VIC, the largest group is Couples without children at 47%, followed by Couples with children (34%) and One-parent families (17%).
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 3890, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3890/3890-vic/topic/family-households