Yaamba · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Yaamba

How families and households are made up across the area.

Half of all households in Yaamba are made up of just one person. This makes it a place with very small living arrangements compared to the rest of the country, where people are far more likely to live in larger groups.

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📍 Yaamba, Suburb / Locality

Where Yaamba sits — Average household size

2.0
  • 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 Yaamba — lower than 86% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Yaamba2.0
4704, QLD 2.2
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Living alone is common here, with 50% of households consisting of a single person. This is far above the national figure of 25.6%, and helps explain why the typical home in Yaamba holds only 2.0 people.

2.0

Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.2
  • 2021: 2.0

Average number of people usually resident per household.

50.0%

Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 29.2%
  • 2021: 50.0%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Yaamba, the largest group is 1 person at 46%, followed by 3 people (29%) and 2 people (25%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up 22.6% of the community, which is well above the Australian average of 14.1%. Couples with and without children are equally common, each representing 38.7% of families.

22.6%

Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 7.3%
  • 2021: 22.6%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Yaamba splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (39%) and Couples without children (39%), with One-parent families at 23%.

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 Yaamba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33192/yaamba/topic/family-households