1.7 ▼ -10.5%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9
- 2016: 1.8
- 2021: 1.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
South Yarra · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in South Yarra
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all homes in South Yarra are occupied by just one person, which is among the highest rates for any similar area. This makes the neighborhood stand out as a place of small households, with a typical home holding only 1.7 people.
1.7
▼ -10.5%
- 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 South Yarra — lower than 94% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Almost half of all households (49.3%) consist of a single person, a figure far above the national average of 25.6%. Because of this, the typical home size of 1.7 people is well below the Victorian and Australian figure of 2.5.
49.3% ▲ +20.3%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.0%
- 2016: 41.7%
- 2021: 49.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In South Yarra, the largest group is 1 person at 49%, followed by 2 people (37%) and 3 people (8%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest family group at 54.6%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 10.5%, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
10.5% ▼ -3.4%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In South Yarra, Couples without children is the majority at 55%; Couples with children is next at 32%.
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 South Yarra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22314/south-yarra/topic/family-households