2.7 → 0.0%
Higher than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Yarra Ranges · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Yarra Ranges
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people live alone in Yarra Ranges than in most similar areas, making it a region where shared households are the norm. This trend is reflected in the fact that 61.3% of families are couples with children, while only 21.3% of households consist of a single person.
2.7
→ 0.0%
- 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 Ranges — higher than 86% of areas.
| Yarra Ranges | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| Greater Melbourne | 2.6 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home holds 2.7 people, which is much higher than most areas. This reflects a lower rate of people living alone (21.3%) compared to the national figure of 25.6%.
21.3% ▲ +4.7%
Lower than 87% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 20.3%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 21.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Yarra Ranges, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 4 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 61.3% of families. One-parent families account for 12.5%, which is lower than most areas and slightly below the Australian average of 14.1%.
12.5% ▼ -3.7%
Lower than 61% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Yarra Ranges, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Ranges [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA27450/yarra-ranges/topic/family-households