2.8 ▼ -3.4%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Yalca · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Yalca
How families and households are made up across the area.
A little more than 2.8 people typically live in each home in Yalca, which is higher than the national figure. This area is defined by larger households and a very high number of couples with children. Most homes here are family-based, with few people living on their own compared to the state average.
2.8
▼ -3.4%
- 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 Yalca — higher than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Households in Yalca are larger than most, with 2.8 people per home compared to the national figure of 2.5. While two-person homes are the most common at 36.1%, those living alone make up 23% of the area, which is a little below the Victorian average.
23.0% ▲ +28.8%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.8%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 23.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Yalca, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 4 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up a huge 65.4% of families here. In contrast, one-parent families represent only 7.5% of the total, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages.
7.5% ▼ -4.9%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Yalca, Couples with children is the majority at 66%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 Yalca [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22890/yalca/topic/family-households