2.8 —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Yarrawa · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Yarrawa
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households have become more common in Yarrawa since 2011, with typical homes now holding more people than the national figure. The area is dominated by family groups, with very few people living on their own compared to the rest of the country.
2.8
—
- 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 Yarrawa — higher than 76% of areas.
| Yarrawa | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 2328, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Yarrawa are larger than most, with a typical size of 2.8 people. This is reflected in the very low number of people living alone, at just 10.3%, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%.
10.3% —
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Yarrawa, 2 people is the majority at 56%; 3 people is next at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is central here, as 59.3% of households are couples with children. This helps explain why one-parent families make up only 4.7% of the total, a figure well below the New South Wales average of 14.0%.
4.7% —
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 4.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Yarrawa, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; 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 Yarrawa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14502/yarrawa/topic/family-households