Yarrowford · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Yarrowford

How families and households are made up across the area.

More people live alone in Yarrowford than in most similar areas, with 32.4% of households consisting of a single person. This sparsely populated area typically sees about 2.6 people per home, which is about the same as the national figure.

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📍 Yarrowford, Suburb / Locality

Where Yarrowford sits — Average household size

2.6
  • 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 Yarrowford — higher than 57% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Yarrowford2.6
2370, NSW 2.2
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Single-person households are much more common here than in most other areas, sitting well above the New South Wales figure of 25%. Two-person homes are the most frequent, making up 35.1% of all households.

2.6

Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.1
  • 2021: 2.6

Average number of people usually resident per household.

32.4%

Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 20.0%
  • 2021: 32.4%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Yarrowford splits fairly evenly between 2 people (38%) and 1 person (35%), with 3 people at 18%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Most families here are couples with children (63.7%), while one-parent families make up only 8.8%. This is well below the national and state figures, which both sit around 14%.

8.8%

Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 8.8%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Yarrowford, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children is next at 28%.

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 Yarrowford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14508/yarrowford/topic/family-households