2.2 ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
York · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in York
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people have lived alone in York since 2011, contributing to a trend of smaller households. This shift is reflected in the typical home now housing just 2.2 people, which is much lower than most other areas. The town is largely made up of couples, whether they have children or not.
2.2
▼ -8.3%
- 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 York — lower than 86% of areas.
| York | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| Rest of WA | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A high 33% of residents live alone, a figure that is well above the Western Australian and national averages. This explains why the number of people per home has fallen to 2.2, with two-person households being the most common at 41.8%.
33.0% ▲ +25.8%
Higher than 78% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 33.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In York, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 1 person (33%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples make up the bulk of the town's families, split almost evenly between those with children (42.5%) and those without (42.8%). One-parent families account for 13.9%, which is about the same as the figures for the state and the nation.
13.9% ▲ +5.7%
Higher than 53% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →York splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (43%) and Couples with children (43%), with One-parent families at 14%.
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 York [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA59370/york/topic/family-households