3.3 —
Higher than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 3.4
- 2021: 3.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Yuroke (Northern Metropolitan) · State Electorate
How families and households are made up across the area.
An average of 3.3 people live in each home in Yuroke, which is well above the national figure of 2.5. This makes it one of the areas with the largest households in the region. The community is dominated by large family units and has very few people living on their own.
All state electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Yuroke (Northern Metropolitan) — higher than 99% of areas.
| Yuroke (Northern Metropolitan) | 3.3 |
|---|---|
| Greater Melbourne | 2.6 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Average household size.
Few residents live alone here, with only 12.3% doing so—a figure far below the Victorian average of 25.9%. This helps explain the large household sizes, as nearly a quarter of all homes contain four people.
3.3 —
Higher than 99% of state electorate areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
12.3% —
Lower than 99% of state electorate areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Yuroke (Northern Metropolitan) splits fairly evenly between 4 people (24%) and 2 people (23%), with 3 people at 20%.
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families at 73.4%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 12.0% of the total, which is a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
12.0% —
Lower than 72% of state electorate areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Yuroke (Northern Metropolitan), Couples with children is the majority at 73%; Couples without children is next at 14%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Yuroke (Northern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED28803/yuroke/topic/family-households