Yabba North · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Yabba North

How families and households are made up across the area.

Larger households are the norm in Yabba North, where a typical home holds 2.8 people. This is a little above the national figure, reflecting a community where few people live on their own and families tend to be larger.

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📍 Yabba North, Suburb / Locality

Where Yabba North sits — Average household size

2.8 ▲ +27.3%
  • 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 Yabba North — higher than 76% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Yabba North2.8
3646, VIC 2.4
Victoria 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Only 15.4% of people live alone, which is far below the Victorian figure of 25.9%. This helps explain why the typical household size is much higher than most areas, with over half of all homes housing three or more people.

2.8 ▲ +27.3%

Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.2
  • 2016: 2.4
  • 2021: 2.8

Average number of people usually resident per household.

15.4% ▼ -28.7%

Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 21.6%
  • 2016: 9.1%
  • 2021: 15.4%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Yabba North splits fairly evenly between 2 people (31%) and 3 people (28%), with 1 person at 14%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Single parenthood is very common here, with one-parent families making up 32.8% of the total. This is far above the national figure of 14.1% and is among the highest rates for similar areas.

32.8% ▲ +282.5%

Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 8.6%
  • 2016: 28.4%
  • 2021: 32.8%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Yabba North, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by One-parent families (29%) and Couples without children (22%).

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 Yabba North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22887/yabba-north/topic/family-households