2.1 ▼ -8.7%
Lower than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Yarriambiack · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Yarriambiack
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than a third of homes in Yarriambiack are occupied by just one person, making it an area with a very high proportion of single-person households. This trend has grown since 2011 and contributes to a typical home size that is smaller than across the state and nation.
2.1
▼ -8.7%
- 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 Yarriambiack — lower than 89% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Around 36.5% of people here live alone, a figure far above the Victorian and national averages. This helps explain why the typical home holds only 2.1 people, which is much lower than most areas.
36.5% ▲ +10.5%
Higher than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 33.0%
- 2016: 34.9%
- 2021: 36.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Yarriambiack splits fairly evenly between 2 people (38%) and 1 person (36%), with 3 people at 11%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest family group at 45.2%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 14.7% of the total, a figure that is higher than most areas and has risen since 2011.
14.7% ▲ +25.8%
Higher than 63% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Yarriambiack, the largest group is Couples with children at 45%, followed by Couples without children (39%) and One-parent families (15%).
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 Yarriambiack [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/215011394/yarriambiack/topic/family-households