2.5 → 0.0%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Yarra Junction · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than 30% of people in Yarra Junction live on their own, which is well above the national figure. This creates a mix of small households and traditional family homes across the area.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Yarra Junction — higher than 50% of areas.
Average household size.
About 30.7% of people here live alone, a rate well above the 25.6% seen across Australia. While many live solo, the typical home holds 2.5 people, which is about the same as the Victorian average.
2.5 → 0.0%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
30.7% ▲ +11.6%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Yarra Junction splits fairly evenly between 1 person (31%) and 2 people (31%), with 4 people at 15%.
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 58.2% of families, though one-parent families are a little more common here at 15.4% compared to the 14.1% national figure.
15.4% ▲ +1.6%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Yarra Junction, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Yarra Junction [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22911/yarra-junction/topic/family-households