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.
Yokine · Suburb / Locality
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.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Yokine — lower than 76% of areas.
| Yokine | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 6060, WA | 2.1 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
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.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
35.3% ▼ -7.1%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Yokine splits fairly evenly between 1 person (35%) and 2 people (34%), with 3 people at 15%.
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.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Yokine, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 33%.
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