2.8 —
Higher than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Yanchep · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Yanchep
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much larger households than the national average define Yanchep, where the typical home holds 2.8 people. This is a family-focused area where one-parent families are much more common than in most other parts of the country.
2.8
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- 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 Yanchep — higher than 79% of areas.
| Yanchep | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 6035, WA | 2.8 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are more crowded than usual, with 2.8 people per dwelling. This helps explain why only 19.8% of people live alone, a figure well below the Western Australian average of 25.4%.
19.8% —
Lower than 72% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 19.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Yanchep, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 1 person (20%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 60% of the local family mix. One-parent families account for 17.3%, which is well above the national figure of 14.1% and has risen since 2016.
17.3% —
Higher than 77% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Yanchep, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 22%.
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 Yanchep [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/505031258/yanchep/topic/family-households