2.5 ▲ +4.2%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Yarraville · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Yarraville
How families and households are made up across the area.
Most homes in Yarraville are occupied by families, with 61.9% of households consisting of couples with children. This creates a balanced living environment where the typical home size matches both the state and national figures.
2.5
▲ +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 Yarraville — higher than 50% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 2.5 people live in the typical home, which is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia. Two-person households are the most common at 33.8%, while 25.5% of residents live alone.
25.5% ▼ -2.1%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 25.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Yarraville, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 1 person (25%) and 4 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families here. One-parent families account for 10.4%, which is well below the national figure of 14.1% and a little below the state average.
10.4% ▼ -17.2%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Yarraville, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; Couples without children is next 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 Yarraville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22917/yarraville/topic/family-households