1.8 ▼ -21.7%
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 1.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3900, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3900, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
Single-person households have grown significantly in postcode 3900 since 2011, now making up 38.5% of the area. This shift has left the region with very small households, where the typical home holds fewer than two people.
1.8
▼ -21.7%
- 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 3900, VIC — lower than 99% of areas.
| 3900, VIC | 1.8 |
|---|---|
| East Gippsland | 2.2 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With only 1.8 people per home, this area has some of the lowest occupancy rates in the country, well below the national figure of 2.5. This is driven by a high number of people living alone, which rose to 38.5% since 2011.
38.5% ▲ +9.6%
Higher than 91% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 35.1%
- 2016: 35.0%
- 2021: 38.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →3900, VIC splits fairly evenly between 2 people (46%) and 1 person (42%), with 4 people at 7%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families here are couples without children, making up 59.8% of the total. One-parent families account for 15.5% of families, a figure that is a little above the Victorian average and has risen since 2011.
15.5% ▲ +27.8%
Higher than 74% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 3900, VIC, Couples without children is the majority at 60%; Couples with children is next at 25%.
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 3900, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3900/3900-vic/topic/family-households