Yamba · Urban Centre

Family & Households in Yamba

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.

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📍 Yamba, Urban Centre

Where Yamba sits — Average household size

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All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Yamba — lower than 71% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Yamba2.1
2464, NSW 2.1
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

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%.

Household size

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In Yamba, the largest group is 2 people at 46%, followed by 1 person (32%) and 3 people (10%).

Families

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.

Family composition

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In Yamba, the largest group is Couples without children at 47%, followed by Couples with children (38%) and One-parent families (14%).

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 Yamba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL114036/yamba/topic/family-households