3.1 ▲ +6.9%
Higher than 96% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 3.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3977, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3977, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up a huge 68.4% of families in postcode 3977. This creates a domestic landscape where homes are larger than usual and fewer people live alone. Most households here are larger than the national average, reflecting a strong presence of family groups.
3.1
▲ +6.9%
- 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 3977, VIC — higher than 96% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
With 3.1 people per home, this area has some of the highest household sizes at this level. Only 16.1% of people live alone, a figure that is well below the national average and has fallen since 2011.
16.1% ▼ -8.8%
Lower than 90% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →3977, VIC splits fairly evenly between 2 people (26%) and 4 people (22%), with 3 people at 19%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 13.5% of the total, which is higher than most similar areas. This figure is about the same as the state and national averages, though it has fallen slightly since 2011.
13.5% ▼ -13.7%
Higher than 61% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 3977, VIC, Couples with children is the majority at 68%; Couples without children is next at 17%.
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 3977, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3977/3977-vic/topic/family-households