2.7 → 0.0%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Yerong Creek · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Yerong Creek
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all families in Yerong Creek are couples with children, making it a family-focused area. The community is characterized by larger households and a notably low number of people living alone compared to the rest of the country.
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 Yerong Creek — higher than 71% of areas.
| Yerong Creek | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 2642, NSW | 2.8 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Most homes here hold two people (41.1%), and the typical household size of 2.7 people is higher than in most areas. Only 17.9% of residents live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%.
17.9% ▼ -1.8%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.2%
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Yerong Creek, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 1 person (18%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 56.9% of families, while 28.9% are couples without children. One-parent families account for 16.2%, a figure that is much higher than in most similar areas and a little above the national average.
16.2% ▲ +273.6%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Yerong Creek, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; 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 Yerong Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14526/yerong-creek/topic/family-households