2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Yanakie · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
A striking 6% of families in Yanakie are single-parent households, a figure well below the national average. This small community is mostly made up of couples, with smaller-than-typical households compared to the rest of the country.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Yanakie — lower than 71% of areas.
Average household size.
Most homes in Yanakie house just two people, making up 48.1% of all households. With 2.3 people per home, the typical household is a little smaller than the Victorian and Australian figures of 2.5.
2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
25.5% ▼ -10.5%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Yanakie, the largest group is 2 people at 49%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 3 people (12%).
Family types and one-parent families.
Half of all families here are couples with children, while 45.5% are couples without children. This high proportion of couple-led homes helps explain why one-parent families are much lower here than in most other areas.
6.0% ▼ -37.6%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Yanakie splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (49%) and Couples without children (45%), with One-parent families at 6%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Yanakie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22900/yanakie/topic/family-households