2.0 ▼ -9.1%
Lower than 95% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Yarra · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Yarra
How families and households are made up across the area.
A far higher proportion of people live alone in Yarra than in the rest of the state, with 37% of households consisting of just one person. This creates a living pattern where homes are much smaller than the national average, and the typical home now holds only 2.0 people.
2.0
▼ -9.1%
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 1 area
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 5 areas
- 1.9: 5 areas
- 2.0: 9 areas
- 2.1: 26 areas
- 2.2: 77 areas
- 2.3: 107 areas
- 2.4: 90 areas
- 2.5: 83 areas
- 2.6: 39 areas
- 2.7: 30 areas
- 2.8: 18 areas
- 2.9: 13 areas
- 3.0: 3 areas
- 3.1: 9 areas
- 3.2: 5 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 4 areas
- 3.5: 5 areas
- 3.6: 1 area
- 3.7: 3 areas
- 3.8: 2 areas
- 3.9: 1 area
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 2 areas
- 4.3: 0 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 1 area
All council (lga) areas, 2021. The marker is Yarra — lower than 95% of areas.
| Yarra | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| Greater Melbourne | 2.6 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person households are among the highest in the region and have risen to 37% since 2011. This explains why the typical home size is well below the Victorian figure of 2.5 people.
37.0% ▲ +18.2%
Higher than 89% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 31.3%
- 2016: 32.4%
- 2021: 37.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Yarra splits fairly evenly between 2 people (37%) and 1 person (37%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group at 43.2%, while one-parent families are a little below the national figure at 11.7%.
11.7% ▼ -18.6%
Lower than 69% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Yarra splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (43%) and Couples with children (43%), with One-parent families at 12%.
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 Yarra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA27350/yarra/topic/family-households