2.1 —
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Yamba · Urban Centre
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small households are the norm in Yamba, where the typical home holds just two people. This reflects a community with a high number of people living on their own, which is well above the national figure.
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Yamba — lower than 71% of areas.
| Yamba | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 2464, NSW | 2.1 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Average household size.
A little fewer people live in each home here than in the rest of Australia, with 2.1 people per household. This is partly because 31.5% of residents live alone, a figure well above the New South Wales average of 25%.
2.1 —
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
31.5% —
Higher than 58% of urban centre areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Yamba, the largest group is 2 people at 46%, followed by 1 person (32%) and 3 people (10%).
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the biggest group of families at 46.9%. One-parent families make up 14.4% of the total, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
14.4% —
Lower than 54% of urban centre areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Yamba, the largest group is Couples without children at 47%, followed by Couples with children (38%) and One-parent families (14%).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Yamba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL114036/yamba/topic/family-households