Yass · Urban Centre

Family & Households in Yass

How families and households are made up across the area.

Higher-than-usual household sizes mark Yass as a place where more people live together compared to most similar areas. While typical homes hold 2.4 people, there is a notable mix of larger family groups and a significant number of residents living on their own.

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📍 Yass, Urban Centre

Where Yass sits — Average household size

2.4 —
  • 1.2: 1 area
  • 1.3: 0 areas
  • 1.4: 0 areas
  • 1.5: 3 areas
  • 1.6: 3 areas
  • 1.7: 18 areas
  • 1.8: 37 areas
  • 1.9: 87 areas
  • 2.0: 173 areas
  • 2.1: 203 areas
  • 2.2: 204 areas
  • 2.3: 216 areas
  • 2.4: 164 areas
  • 2.5: 136 areas
  • 2.6: 109 areas
  • 2.7: 94 areas
  • 2.8: 81 areas
  • 2.9: 65 areas
  • 3.0: 52 areas
  • 3.1: 36 areas
  • 3.2: 16 areas
  • 3.3: 18 areas
  • 3.4: 9 areas
  • 3.5: 11 areas
  • 3.6: 5 areas
  • 3.7: 7 areas
  • 3.8: 5 areas
  • 3.9: 11 areas
  • 4.0: 9 areas
  • 4.1: 2 areas
  • 4.2: 6 areas
  • 4.3: 4 areas
  • 4.4: 6 areas
  • 4.5: 5 areas
  • 4.6: 4 areas
  • 4.7: 3 areas
  • 4.8: 1 area
  • 4.9: 3 areas
  • 5.0: 3 areas
  • 5.1: 0 areas
  • 5.2: 2 areas
  • 5.3: 0 areas
  • 5.4: 1 area
  • 5.5: 1 area
  • 5.6: 1 area
  • 5.7: 2 areas
  • 5.8: 0 areas
  • 5.9: 1 area
  • 6.0: 0 areas
  • 6.1: 2 areas

All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Yass — higher than 57% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Yass2.4
2582, NSW 2.7
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

About 28.9% of residents live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. However, homes with two people are the most common, making up 33.6% of all households.

Household size

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Yass splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (29%), with 3 people at 15%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

More than half of all families here are couples with children, at 56.4%. One-parent families make up 15.8% of the total, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 14.0%.

Family composition

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In Yass, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 27%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Yass [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL114037/yass/topic/family-households