4.5 ▼ -8.2%
Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 4.9
- 2016: 4.8
- 2021: 4.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Yarrabah · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Yarrabah
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live in each home in Yarrabah than in the rest of the country, with an average of 4.5 people per household. This is well above the national figure of 2.5 and reflects a community with very large family groups.
4.5
▼ -8.2%
- 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 Yarrabah — higher than 99% of areas.
| Yarrabah | 4.5 |
|---|---|
| 4871, QLD | 2.7 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Over a third of homes have six or more people, which helps explain why the typical household size is so much higher than the Queensland average. Very few people live alone here, at just 11.1%, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%.
11.1% ▲ +10.8%
Lower than 96% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Yarrabah, the largest group is 6 or more at 36%, followed by 4 people (16%) and 2 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 42.6% of the total, a figure far above the 14.1% seen across Australia. This is the most common family type after couples with children, who account for 48.2% of families.
42.6% ▲ +5.3%
Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 40.4%
- 2016: 38.6%
- 2021: 42.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Yarrabah, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by One-parent families (43%) and Couples without children (7%).
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 Yarrabah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/306031163/yarrabah/topic/family-households