3.0 ▼ -6.3%
Higher than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.2
- 2016: 3.1
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Plenty - Yarrambat · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger-than-average homes are the norm in Plenty - Yarrambat, where an unusually high 70.8% of families are couples with children. This creates a community layout geared towards family life, with very few people living alone compared to the rest of the state.
All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Plenty - Yarrambat — higher than 89% of areas.
Average household size.
Homes here typically hold 3.0 people, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5. Only 12.7% of households are single people, a rate that is far below the Victorian average of 25.9%.
3.0 ▼ -6.3%
Higher than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
12.7% ▲ +21.9%
Lower than 93% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Plenty - Yarrambat splits fairly evenly between 2 people (30%) and 4 people (26%), with 3 people at 18%.
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families here. Single-parent families account for just 7.3%, which is well below the national figure of 14.1% and has fallen slightly since 2011.
7.3% ▼ -12.0%
Lower than 98% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Plenty - Yarrambat, Couples with children is the majority at 71%; Couples without children is next at 21%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Plenty - Yarrambat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/209031213/plenty-yarrambat/topic/family-households