1.8 → 0.0%
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 1.8
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 1.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
South Yarra - West · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in South Yarra - West
How families and households are made up across the area.
A huge gap exists between South Yarra - West and the rest of the country, with nearly 45% of people living alone. This makes it one of the areas with the fewest people per home in the region. The neighbourhood is primarily made up of small households and couples without children.
1.8
→ 0.0%
- 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 South Yarra - West — lower than 99% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Small homes are the norm here, with a typical figure of 1.8 people per dwelling, well below the national average of 2.5. This is consistent with the 44.8% of people who live alone, a figure that has risen since 2011 and sits far above the Victorian average.
44.8% ▲ +7.1%
Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 41.8%
- 2016: 42.0%
- 2021: 44.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In South Yarra - West, the largest group is 1 person at 45%, followed by 2 people (40%) and 3 people (9%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up over half of all families at 53.7%. Meanwhile, one-parent families are much less common here than in the rest of the state, making up only 8.2% of the total.
8.2% ▲ +17.8%
Lower than 92% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In South Yarra - West, Couples without children is the majority at 54%; Couples with children is next at 36%.
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 South Yarra - West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/206041125/south-yarra-west/topic/family-households