2.1 ▼ -8.7%
Lower than 90% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Yarriambiack · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Yarriambiack
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up the largest family group in Yarriambiack, accounting for 45.7% of all families. However, the area is seeing a shift toward smaller households, with a notably high number of people now living on their own.
2.1
▼ -8.7%
- 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 Yarriambiack — lower than 90% of areas.
| Yarriambiack | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Vic. | 2.4 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A little below the national figure of 2.5, the typical home in Yarriambiack has 2.1 people. This is much lower than most areas, partly because 36.4% of people live alone—a figure that is far above the national rate and has risen since 2011.
36.4% ▲ +10.9%
Higher than 89% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 32.8%
- 2016: 34.7%
- 2021: 36.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Yarriambiack splits fairly evenly between 2 people (38%) and 1 person (36%), with 3 people at 11%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 14.6% of the total, which is higher than most similar areas and a little above the Victorian average. This group has grown by 3 percentage points over the last ten years.
14.6% ▲ +25.6%
Higher than 59% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Yarriambiack, the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by Couples without children (39%) and One-parent families (15%).
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 Yarriambiack [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA27630/yarriambiack/topic/family-households