2.5 ▲ +4.2%
Lower than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Yarraville · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Yarraville
How families and households are made up across the area.
A decline in single-parent homes is the main shift in Yarraville since 2011. The area remains a mix of family types, though the number of people living in each home has edged up slightly to 2.5.
2.5
▲ +4.2%
- 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 Yarraville — lower than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Yarraville holds 2.5 people, which is about the same as the state and national figures. Two-person households are the most common at 33.9%, while about a quarter of residents live alone.
25.5% ▼ -2.0%
Higher than 51% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 25.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Yarraville, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 1 person (25%) and 4 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 61.8% of families here. One-parent families account for 10.3%, a figure that is well below the national average and has fallen since 2011.
10.3% ▼ -17.4%
Lower than 77% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Yarraville, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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 Yarraville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/213031352/yarraville/topic/family-households