2.2 ▼ -12.0%
Lower than 79% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3916, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3916, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much fewer one-parent families live in postcode 3916 than in the rest of the country. This area is defined by small households, with the typical home holding just 2.2 people, which is much lower than most other areas.
2.2
▼ -12.0%
- 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 3916, VIC — lower than 79% of areas.
| 3916, VIC | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| Mornington Peninsula | 2.4 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About half of all homes here house just two people, while those with only one person have risen to 26.1%. This shift helps explain why the number of people per home has dropped from 2.5 in 2011 to 2.2 today.
26.1% ▲ +16.7%
Lower than 54% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 22.4%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 26.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 3916, VIC, the largest group is 2 people at 48%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 4 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up 48% of families here. Only 5.9% of families are one-parent homes, a figure that is well below the national average of 14.1% and has fallen since 2011.
5.9% ▼ -39.8%
Lower than 90% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 5.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →3916, VIC splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (48%) and Couples with children (45%), with One-parent families at 6%.
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 3916, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3916/3916-vic/topic/family-households