4.5 ▼ -8.2%
Higher than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 4.9
- 2016: 4.8
- 2021: 4.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Yarrabah · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Yarrabah
How families and households are made up across the area.
Some of the largest households in the region are found in Yarrabah, where an average of 4.5 people live in each home. This is far above the national figure of 2.5, reflecting a community where very few people live alone and large family groups are common.
4.5
▼ -8.2%
- 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 Yarrabah — higher than 99% of areas.
| Yarrabah | 4.5 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Qld | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Large homes are the norm here, with 35.6% of households containing six or more people. Only 11.1% of residents live alone, which is far below the Queensland figure of 24.7%.
11.1% ▲ +11.6%
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Yarrabah, the largest group is 6 or more at 36%, followed by 4 people (16%) and 2 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 42.6% of the community, a figure far above the Australian average of 14.1%. This proportion has risen slightly since 2011, while couples with children account for 48.2% of families.
42.6% ▲ +5.5%
Higher than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 40.4%
- 2016: 38.6%
- 2021: 42.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Yarrabah, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by One-parent families (43%) and Couples without children (7%).
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 Yarrabah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA37600/yarrabah/topic/family-households