Yarravel · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Yarravel

How families and households are made up across the area.

More people share a home in Yarravel than in most other similar areas. This is a community where few people live alone, with the typical household containing 2.7 people.

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📍 Yarravel, Suburb / Locality

Where Yarravel sits — Average household size

2.7 → 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 Yarravel — higher than 71% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Yarravel2.7
2440, NSW 2.4
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Only 17.3% of residents live by themselves, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. Two-person households are the most common, making up 41.1% of all homes.

2.7 → 0.0%

Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.7
  • 2016: 2.7
  • 2021: 2.7

Average number of people usually resident per household.

17.3% ▼ -9.8%

Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 19.2%
  • 2016: 18.3%
  • 2021: 17.3%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Yarravel, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (17%) and 4 people (16%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Families with children are common here, accounting for 50.3% of all households. One-parent families make up 15.1% of the total, which is higher than in most similar areas.

15.1% ▲ +14.6%

Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 13.2%
  • 2016: 15.6%
  • 2021: 15.1%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Yarravel, Couples with children is the majority at 50%; Couples without children is next at 34%.

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 Yarravel [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14501/yarravel/topic/family-households