Yanakie · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Yanakie

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.

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📍 Yanakie, Suburb / Locality

Where Yanakie sits — Average household size

2.3 ▼ -4.2%
  • 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 Yanakie — lower than 71% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Yanakie2.3
3960, VIC 2.0
Victoria 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

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.

  • 2011: 2.4
  • 2016: 2.2
  • 2021: 2.3

Average number of people usually resident per household.

25.5% ▼ -10.5%

Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 28.5%
  • 2016: 29.5%
  • 2021: 25.5%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Yanakie, the largest group is 2 people at 49%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 3 people (12%).

Families

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.

  • 2011: 9.6%
  • 2016: 4.3%
  • 2021: 6.0%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Yanakie splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (49%) and Couples without children (45%), with One-parent families at 6%.

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 Yanakie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22900/yanakie/topic/family-households