3.1 → 0.0%
Higher than 96% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 3.2
- 2021: 3.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3976, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3976, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than three people per home is the norm in postcode 3976, which is among the highest figures for this area type. This is a place of large households, where a small minority of people live alone compared to the rest of the state. Most residents live in family groups, with couples raising children being the most common arrangement.
3.1
→ 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 3976, VIC — higher than 96% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
With 3.1 people per home, household sizes here are a little above the national figure and have barely changed since 2011. This helps explain why people living alone make up only 16.8% of households, which is well below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
16.8% ▲ +9.8%
Lower than 88% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →3976, VIC splits fairly evenly between 2 people (25%) and 3 people (21%), with 4 people at 19%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 66.7% of families, while one-parent families account for 16.1%. This last figure is much higher than most areas and sits a little above both the Victorian and national averages.
16.1% ▲ +2.4%
Higher than 77% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 3976, VIC, Couples with children is the majority at 67%; One-parent families is next at 16%.
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 3976, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3976/3976-vic/topic/family-households