2.4 ▲ +4.3%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Yarragon South · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Yarragon South
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 57% of families are couples without children in Yarragon South, making this the most common family type. This is a predominantly family-oriented area where very few people live alone compared to the rest of the country.
2.4
▲ +4.3%
- 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 South — lower than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Two-person households are the most common here at 59.5%. This helps explain why only 16.5% of people live alone, a figure that is well below both the Victorian and national averages.
16.5% ▼ -21.0%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.8%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Yarragon South, 2 people is the majority at 59%; 3 people is next at 18%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 32.3% of families, while one-parent families account for 12.0%. This last figure is a little below the typical proportions seen across Victoria and Australia.
12.0% ▲ +81.4%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Yarragon South, Couples without children is the majority at 55%; Couples with children is next at 31%.
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 South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22914/yarragon-south/topic/family-households