2.7 —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Yarra · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Yarra
How families and households are made up across the area.
Only 9.1% of people live alone in Yarra, a figure that is far below the national average. This makes it an area where very few residents live by themselves, as most people share their homes with others.
2.7
—
- 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 Yarra — higher than 71% of areas.
| Yarra | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 2580, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Half of all homes in Yarra house two people, and the typical home has 2.7 people, which is higher than in most similar areas. This trend is reflected in the low number of single-person households compared to the rest of the state.
9.1% —
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Yarra, 2 people is the majority at 52%; 4 people is next at 21%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 47.1% of families here, while 12.6% are one-parent families. This last figure is higher than in most similar areas, although it remains a little below the New South Wales average.
12.6% —
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Yarra, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (39%) and One-parent families (13%).
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 Yarra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14486/yarra/topic/family-households