Yessabah · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Yessabah

How families and households are made up across the area.

A high number of people living alone defines daily life in Yessabah, where 31.6% of households are single-person dwellings. This is well above the national figure, though the area still maintains a strong family presence with most homes housing nearly three people.

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📍 Yessabah, Suburb / Locality

Where Yessabah sits — Average household size

2.7
  • 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 Yessabah — higher than 71% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Yessabah2.7
2440, NSW 2.4
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

About 31.6% of residents live alone, which is much higher than in most similar areas and well above the New South Wales figure of 25%. Despite this, the typical home holds 2.7 people, which is about the same as the Australian average.

2.7

Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.3
  • 2021: 2.7

Average number of people usually resident per household.

31.6%

Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 35.9%
  • 2021: 31.6%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Yessabah splits fairly evenly between 2 people (35%) and 1 person (32%), with 4 people at 14%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Single-parent families make up 15.9% of the community, a figure that is much higher than most areas and a little above the national average. The most common family type is couples with children, who make up 69.3% of families.

15.9%

Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 25.0%
  • 2021: 15.9%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Yessabah, Couples with children is the majority at 66%; Couples without children is next at 18%.

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 Yessabah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14530/yessabah/topic/family-households