2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Lower than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Yarra Valley · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Yarra Valley
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people have been living alone in Yarra Valley since 2011, though the typical household size has edged down slightly to 2.5 people. The area is largely made up of family homes, with over half of all families consisting of couples with children.
2.5
▼ -3.8%
- 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 Yarra Valley — lower than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 26.7% of people here live alone, a figure that has risen since 2011 and is a little above the national average. Two-person households are the most common, making up 34.2% of the total.
26.7% ▲ +5.8%
Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 26.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Yarra Valley, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 56% of families in the area. One-parent families account for 15.3%, which is higher than most areas and a little above the Victorian figure.
15.3% ▼ -5.2%
Higher than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Yarra Valley, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; 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 Yarra Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/211051286/yarra-valley/topic/family-households