2.7 ▼ -12.9%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Yalyalup · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Yalyalup
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Yalyalup than in most similar areas. This is a place where homes are generally fuller, with a typical household of 2.7 people and nearly 60% of families consisting of couples with children.
2.7
▼ -12.9%
- 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 Yalyalup — higher than 71% of areas.
| Yalyalup | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 6280, WA | 2.4 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 16.3% of people live by themselves, which is well below the Western Australian figure of 25.4%. This contributes to a typical home having 2.7 people, which is slightly higher than the national average of 2.5.
16.3% ▲ +88.8%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Yalyalup, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 4 people (20%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families here are couples with children, making up 59.8% of the total. One-parent families account for 14.2%, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but about the same as the rest of Australia.
14.2% ▲ +88.0%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Yalyalup, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Yalyalup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51666/yalyalup/topic/family-households