Yass Surrounds · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Family & Households in Yass Surrounds

How families and households are made up across the area.

Couples with children make up 63.7% of the families in Yass Surrounds. This area has a strong focus on family living, with much larger households and far fewer people living alone compared to most other areas.

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📍 Yass Surrounds, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Where Yass Surrounds sits — Average household size

2.8
  • 1.0: 7 areas
  • 1.1: 0 areas
  • 1.2: 1 area
  • 1.3: 3 areas
  • 1.4: 6 areas
  • 1.5: 9 areas
  • 1.6: 3 areas
  • 1.7: 13 areas
  • 1.8: 28 areas
  • 1.9: 37 areas
  • 2.0: 54 areas
  • 2.1: 115 areas
  • 2.2: 188 areas
  • 2.3: 287 areas
  • 2.4: 258 areas
  • 2.5: 272 areas
  • 2.6: 246 areas
  • 2.7: 211 areas
  • 2.8: 190 areas
  • 2.9: 149 areas
  • 3.0: 119 areas
  • 3.1: 66 areas
  • 3.2: 44 areas
  • 3.3: 38 areas
  • 3.4: 30 areas
  • 3.5: 10 areas
  • 3.6: 8 areas
  • 3.7: 5 areas
  • 3.8: 4 areas
  • 3.9: 2 areas
  • 4.0: 3 areas
  • 4.1: 1 area
  • 4.2: 1 area
  • 4.3: 2 areas
  • 4.4: 0 areas
  • 4.5: 1 area
  • 4.6: 0 areas
  • 4.7: 0 areas
  • 4.8: 1 area
  • 4.9: 0 areas
  • 5.0: 2 areas
  • 5.1: 1 area
  • 5.2: 0 areas
  • 5.3: 0 areas
  • 5.4: 0 areas
  • 5.5: 0 areas
  • 5.6: 0 areas
  • 5.7: 0 areas
  • 5.8: 0 areas
  • 5.9: 0 areas
  • 6.0: 2 areas

All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Yass Surrounds — higher than 79% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Yass Surrounds2.8
2582, NSW 2.7
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Homes here typically hold 2.8 people, which is much higher than most areas. Only 16.2% of people live alone, a figure that is well below the national average and has fallen slightly since 2016.

2.8

Higher than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2016: 2.8
  • 2021: 2.8

Average number of people usually resident per household.

16.2%

Lower than 85% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2016: 17.0%
  • 2021: 16.2%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Yass Surrounds, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 4 people (18%) and 1 person (16%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up 7.5% of the total, which is among the lowest for similar areas and well below the New South Wales figure of 14.0%.

7.5%

Lower than 97% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2016: 7.4%
  • 2021: 7.5%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Yass Surrounds, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; Couples without children is next at 28%.

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 Yass Surrounds [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/101061542/yass-surrounds/topic/family-households