1.9 ▼ -5.0%
Lower than 95% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.0
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 1.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3940, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3940, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small household sizes are a defining feature of postcode 3940, which has some of the lowest numbers of people per home in the region. This is a place where nearly half of all homes are occupied by just one person, making it stand out significantly from the state and national patterns.
1.9
▼ -5.0%
- 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 3940, VIC — lower than 95% of areas.
| 3940, VIC | 1.9 |
|---|---|
| Mornington Peninsula | 2.4 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 1.9 people live in the typical home, which is well below the Victorian figure of 2.5. This trend is driven by the 43.1% of people living alone—a rate far above the national average that has risen slightly since 2011.
43.1% ▲ +2.5%
Higher than 98% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 42.1%
- 2016: 43.5%
- 2021: 43.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 3940, VIC, the largest group is 1 person at 43%, followed by 2 people (36%) and 3 people (9%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 21.8% of the total, which is well above the 14.1% national figure and among the highest rates for similar areas. Other common family types include couples without children at 40.1% and couples with children at 36.6%.
21.8% ▲ +10.8%
Higher than 92% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 19.7%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 21.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →3940, VIC splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (40%) and Couples with children (37%), with One-parent families at 22%.
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 3940, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3940/3940-vic/topic/family-households