3.0 ▼ -3.2%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Yarrawarrah · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Yarrawarrah
How families and households are made up across the area.
Only 11.3% of people live alone in Yarrawarrah, a figure far below the national average. This makes the area stand out as a place where most residents live in shared households, with a strong emphasis on family life.
3.0
▼ -3.2%
- 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 Yarrawarrah — higher than 86% of areas.
| Yarrawarrah | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| 2233, NSW | 2.9 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than most, with a typical 3.0 people per household compared to 2.5 nationally. This reflects the low number of single-person homes, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 25%.
11.3% ▲ +3.2%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Yarrawarrah, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 4 people (24%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is very common, as 68.2% of households are couples with children. One-parent families make up just 6.4% of the total, which is well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
6.4% ▼ -1.0%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 6.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Yarrawarrah, Couples with children is the majority at 68%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Yarrawarrah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14503/yarrawarrah/topic/family-households