2.1 ▼ -12.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 1.8
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Yealering · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Yealering
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all homes in Yealering are occupied by people living alone, a rate that is among the highest for similar areas. This creates a unique living pattern where the typical home is smaller than the national figure. While many residents live solo, there is also a notable presence of one-parent families.
2.1
▼ -12.5%
- 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 Yealering — lower than 81% of areas.
| Yealering | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 6372, WA | 2.2 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Just 2.1 people live in the typical home, which is a little below the figure for Western Australia and the rest of the country. This is driven by the fact that 51.5% of households consist of just one person, far above the national figure of 25.6%.
51.5% ▲ +131.8%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.2%
- 2016: 35.0%
- 2021: 51.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Yealering, 1 person is the majority at 57%; 2 people is next at 43%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.2% of the community, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. Most families here are couples, with 56.4% being couples without children and 36.4% being couples with children.
18.2% ▲ +32.8%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Yealering, Couples without children is the majority at 51%; Couples with children is next at 33%.
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 Yealering [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51680/yealering/topic/family-households