3.0 ▼ -3.2%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 3.1
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Yellow Rock · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Yellow Rock
How families and households are made up across the area.
Large households are a defining feature of Yellow Rock, where the typical home holds 3.0 people. This is much higher than most similar areas and reflects a community dominated by family living rather than individuals.
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 Yellow Rock — higher than 86% of areas.
| Yellow Rock | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| 2777, NSW | 2.6 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Very few people live alone here, at just 9.3%, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%. Most homes house two people (37.6%) or larger groups, leaving the typical household size a little above the New South Wales average.
9.3% ▼ -12.1%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Yellow Rock, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 3 people (18%) and 4 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with couples and children make up 63.5% of the area. This high proportion of family units is mirrored by the fact that one-parent families are much lower than most areas, at only 5.9%.
5.9% ▼ -39.9%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 5.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Yellow Rock, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 Yellow Rock [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14520/yellow-rock/topic/family-households