2.1 → 0.0%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Yamba · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Yamba
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Yamba than in most similar areas. This contributes to a small typical household size of 2.1 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5.
2.1
→ 0.0%
- 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
- 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
- 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
- 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
- 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
- 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
- 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
- 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
- 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
- 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
- 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
- 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
- 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
- 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
- 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
- 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
- 3.9–4.0: 258 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Yamba — lower than 81% of areas.
| Yamba | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 2464, NSW | 2.1 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 31.4% of residents live alone, a figure well above the 25.6% seen across Australia. Because of this, two-person homes are the most common at 45.6%, while those with three or more people are less frequent.
31.4% ▲ +4.0%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.2%
- 2016: 32.9%
- 2021: 31.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Yamba, the largest group is 2 people at 46%, followed by 1 person (31%) and 3 people (10%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest family group at 46.9%. One-parent families account for 14.4% of the total, which is higher than in most similar areas and about the same as the national figure.
14.4% ▼ -9.2%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Yamba, the largest group is Couples without children at 47%, followed by Couples with children (38%) and One-parent families (14%).
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 Yamba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14476/yamba/topic/family-households