4.4 ▲ +10.0%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.0
- 2016: 5.3
- 2021: 4.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Yuelamu · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Yuelamu
How families and households are made up across the area.
Crowded living conditions define Yuelamu, where households are far larger than those in the rest of the country. The area is dominated by big families, with the typical home holding 4.4 people—well above the national figure of 2.5.
4.4
▲ +10.0%
- 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 Yuelamu — higher than 99% of areas.
| Yuelamu | 4.4 |
|---|---|
| 0872 crosses NT/SA/WA | 3.6 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are much larger than usual, with 31.4% housing six or more people. Only 11.4% of residents live alone, which is far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
11.4% ▲ +33.3%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Yuelamu, the largest group is 6 or more at 33%, followed by 4 people (24%) and 2 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most households are family-based, with couples with children making up 65.7% of the group. One-parent families account for 16.4%, a figure that is much higher than in most similar areas.
16.4% ▼ -11.9%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.6%
- 2016: 17.7%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Yuelamu, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; One-parent families is next at 16%.
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 Yuelamu [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70300/yuelamu/topic/family-households