2.7 ▼ -6.9%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Yan Yean · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Yan Yean
How families and households are made up across the area.
Large households and a high number of children shape daily life in Yan Yean, where most homes are occupied by families. With 58.4% of families being couples with children, the area is much more focused on family units than most other similar places.
2.7
▼ -6.9%
- 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 Yan Yean — higher than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here tend to be larger than usual, with 2.7 people per household. This is reflected in the fact that only 12.3% of people live alone, a figure far below the national average of 25.6%.
12.3% ▼ -11.8%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Yan Yean, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 4 people (19%) and 1 person (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is dominated by couples, with 90.9% of families being couples with or without children. Notably, one-parent families make up only 6.2% of the total, which is well below the Victorian figure of 13.3%.
6.2% ▼ -23.5%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 6.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Yan Yean, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 33%.
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 Yan Yean [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22898/yan-yean/topic/family-households