Yeppoon · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Yeppoon

How families and households are made up across the area.

Much higher rates of single-person living set Yeppoon apart from most similar areas. The town is characterized by smaller households, with 34.5% of homes housing only one person. This trend contributes to a lower typical household size than the state and national figures.

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📍 Yeppoon, Suburb / Locality

Where Yeppoon sits — Average household size

2.2 → 0.0%
  • 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 Yeppoon — lower than 76% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Yeppoon2.2
4703, QLD 2.5
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Typical homes in Yeppoon hold 2.2 people, which is a little below the Queensland and Australian figures of 2.5. This is driven by the high number of people living alone, who make up 34.5% of households.

2.2 → 0.0%

Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.2
  • 2016: 2.1
  • 2021: 2.2

Average number of people usually resident per household.

34.5% ▲ +0.3%

Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 34.4%
  • 2016: 35.6%
  • 2021: 34.5%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Yeppoon splits fairly evenly between 2 people (37%) and 1 person (35%), with 3 people at 13%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up 19.2% of the total, a figure well above the national average of 14.1%. Most families here are couples with children (43.1%) or couples without children (36.3%).

19.2% ▲ +0.6%

Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 19.1%
  • 2016: 17.5%
  • 2021: 19.2%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Yeppoon, the largest group is Couples with children at 43%, followed by Couples without children (36%) and One-parent families (19%).

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 Yeppoon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33219/yeppoon/topic/family-households