3.7 ▼ -5.1%
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9
- 2016: 3.6
- 2021: 3.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Yalata · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Yalata
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all families in Yalata are couples with children, making it a place defined by large households. The typical home is crowded compared to the rest of the country, with an average of 3.7 people per dwelling. This high number is driven by a very low rate of people living alone.
3.7
▼ -5.1%
- 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 Yalata — higher than 98% of areas.
| Yalata | 3.7 |
|---|---|
| 5690, SA | 2.5 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Yalata has some of the largest households around, with 3.7 people per home, which is well above the Australian figure of 2.5. Only 14.9% of people live alone, a rate far below the South Australian average of 28.5%.
14.9% ▼ -29.7%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.2%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Yalata splits fairly evenly between 4 people (24%) and 6 or more (19%), with 1 person at 18%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 32.1% of the community, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%. This is one of the highest proportions of single-parent families across similar areas.
32.1% ▲ +65.2%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.4%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 32.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Yalata, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by One-parent families (32%) and Couples without children (15%).
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 Yalata [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41669/yalata/topic/family-households