1.8 ▼ -5.3%
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 1.9
- 2016: 1.8
- 2021: 1.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3944, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3944, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples without children make up 74% of families in postcode 3944, marking it as an area dominated by smaller households. With a very high number of people living alone and few one-parent families, the typical home here is much smaller than the national average.
1.8
▼ -5.3%
- 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 3944, VIC — lower than 99% of areas.
| 3944, VIC | 1.8 |
|---|---|
| Mornington Peninsula | 2.4 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 1.8 people live in the typical home, which is well below the national figure of 2.5. This is partly because 35.1% of people live alone, a rate that has risen since 2011 and sits well above the Victorian average.
35.1% ▲ +10.8%
Higher than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 31.6%
- 2016: 31.4%
- 2021: 35.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 3944, VIC, 2 people is the majority at 56%; 1 person is next at 35%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families are rare here, making up only 3.4% of the total. This figure is far below the national average of 14.1% and has barely changed over the last ten years.
3.4% ▼ -8.6%
Lower than 94% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 3.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 3944, VIC, Couples without children is the majority at 75%; Couples with children is next 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 3944, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3944/3944-vic/topic/family-households