Yetholme · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Yetholme

How families and households are made up across the area.

Two-thirds of families in Yetholme are couples with children, making this the most common household type in the area. It is a place where larger households are more typical than in most other similar areas, with a very low rate of single-parent families.

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📍 Yetholme, Suburb / Locality

Where Yetholme sits — Average household size

2.7 ▲ +3.8%
  • 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 Yetholme — higher than 71% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Yetholme2.7
2795, NSW 2.5
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Homes here are larger than most, with a typical 2.7 people per household. About 22.9% of residents live alone, which is a little below the national figure of 25.6%.

2.7 ▲ +3.8%

Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.6
  • 2016: 2.5
  • 2021: 2.7

Average number of people usually resident per household.

22.9% ▲ +11.9%

Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 20.5%
  • 2016: 23.5%
  • 2021: 22.9%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Yetholme splits fairly evenly between 2 people (28%) and 1 person (24%), with 3 people at 16%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up 66.7% of families, while 25.7% are couples without children. Only 7.7% of families are one-parent households, which is well below the New South Wales rate of 14.0%.

7.7% ▼ -15.0%

Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 9.0%
  • 2016: 10.3%
  • 2021: 7.7%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Yetholme, Couples with children is the majority at 67%; Couples without children is next at 26%.

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 Yetholme [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14531/yetholme/topic/family-households