2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Yakamia · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Yakamia
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much higher proportions of people living alone and single parents than most similar areas define Yakamia. While about half of families here include children, the typical home is smaller than the national figure, with just 2.3 people per household.
2.3
▼ -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 Yakamia — lower than 71% of areas.
| Yakamia | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 6330, WA | 2.4 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person homes are very common, making up 33.7% of households, which is well above the 25.6% seen across Australia. Because of this, the typical home in Yakamia is smaller than most, with 2.3 people per dwelling.
33.7% ▲ +3.7%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.5%
- 2016: 33.7%
- 2021: 33.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Yakamia splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (34%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 51.2% of families, but one-parent families are much more common here than in most areas. At 16.8%, this is well above the Western Australian figure of 13.5%.
16.8% ▲ +20.2%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Yakamia, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without 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 Yakamia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51660/yakamia/topic/family-households