2.4 —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.1
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Yarpturk · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Yarpturk
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up the largest family group in Yarpturk, where 42% of families fall into this category. While many homes are family-run, there is also a significant number of people living on their own. This creates a mixed residential profile with both large family units and many single-person households.
2.4
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- 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 Yarpturk — lower than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 32.3% of people in Yarpturk live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. Despite this, the typical home has 2.4 people, a figure that is about the same as across Victoria and Australia.
32.3% —
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 32.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Yarpturk, the largest group is 1 person at 38%, followed by 2 people (31%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families represent 28% of the total, which is far above the 14.1% national average. This is among the highest proportions for this type of family compared to similar areas.
28.0% —
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 28.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Yarpturk splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (39%) and Couples without children (35%), with One-parent families at 26%.
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 Yarpturk [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22909/yarpturk/topic/family-households