Yokine · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Yokine

How families and households are made up across the area.

More than half of all families in Yokine are couples with children. This is a place where small households are common, and a high number of residents live on their own compared to the rest of the country.

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Where Yokine sits — Average household size

2.2 ▲ +4.8%
  • 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 Yokine — lower than 76% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Yokine2.2
6060, WA 2.1
Western Australia 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

A striking 35.3% of people live alone in Yokine, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. Because of this, the typical home holds 2.2 people, a little below the Australian average of 2.5.

2.2 ▲ +4.8%

Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.

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

Average number of people usually resident per household.

35.3% ▼ -7.1%

Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 38.0%
  • 2016: 34.7%
  • 2021: 35.3%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Yokine splits fairly evenly between 1 person (35%) and 2 people (34%), with 3 people at 15%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up 52.2% of families here, while 13% are one-parent families. This last group is more common than in most similar areas, though it is about the same as the Western Australian average.

13.0% ▼ -1.8%

Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 13.2%
  • 2016: 12.1%
  • 2021: 13.0%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Yokine, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without 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 Yokine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51688/yokine/topic/family-households