3920, VIC · Postcode

Family & Households in 3920, VIC

How families and households are made up across the area.

Fewer people live alone in postcode 3920 than in almost any similar area. This is a place of large households, where the typical home holds 3.0 people, which is a little above the national figure. Most residents live in family settings, with very few single-person homes.

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📍 3920, VIC, Postcode

Where 3920, VIC sits — Average household size

3.0 → 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 3920, VIC — higher than 93% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
3920, VIC3.0
Mornington Peninsula 2.4
Victoria 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Only 4.8% of people live alone here, a figure that is far below the Victorian average and has fallen since 2011. This helps explain why the area has some of the highest household sizes around, with 33.7% of homes housing four people.

3.0 → 0.0%

Higher than 93% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 3.0
  • 2016: 2.7
  • 2021: 3.0

Average number of people usually resident per household.

4.8% ▼ -44.1%

Lower than 99% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 8.6%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 4.8%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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3920, VIC splits fairly evenly between 2 people (35%) and 4 people (34%), with 3 people at 17%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up the vast majority of families at 69.3%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for just 6.1%, which is well below the national figure and has fallen since 2011.

6.1% ▼ -17.6%

Lower than 89% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 7.4%
  • 2016: 1.4%
  • 2021: 6.1%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In 3920, VIC, Couples with children is the majority at 70%; Couples without children is next at 24%.

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 3920, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3920/3920-vic/topic/family-households