2.4 ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Yarragon · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Yarragon
How families and households are made up across the area.
A slightly higher share of people living alone than the state average defines the domestic landscape in Yarragon. While most homes follow national patterns, about 27.8% of households consist of just one person. This creates a mix of small single-person dwellings and larger family homes across the area.
2.4
▼ -4.0%
- 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 Yarragon — lower than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Yarragon holds 2.4 people, which is about the same as the national figure. Two-person households are the most common at 39.2%, followed by those living alone at 27.8%.
27.8% ▲ +15.3%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 27.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Yarragon, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 4 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Half of all families here are couples with children, while 36.7% are couples without children. One-parent families make up 11.9% of the total, a figure a little below the Australian average.
11.9% ▼ -2.0%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Yarragon, Couples with children is the majority at 50%; Couples without children is next at 37%.
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 Yarragon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22913/yarragon/topic/family-households