2.6 —
Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Yarra Glen · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Yarra Glen
How families and households are made up across the area.
A sharp drop in single-person households is the main story for Yarra Glen, where the share of people living alone fell by 21 percentage points since 2016. This shift has pushed the typical home size up to 2.6 people. Most households here now consist of two people, making up 36.4% of the total.
2.6
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- 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 Yarra Glen — higher than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Only 20.6% of residents live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. The number of people per home is now higher than most areas, reflecting a move towards larger households since 2016.
20.6% —
Lower than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 41.8%
- 2021: 20.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Yarra Glen, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (20%) and 4 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 61.2%. One-parent families account for 12.2%, a figure that is lower than most areas and has fallen 9.1 percentage points since the last census.
12.2% —
Lower than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Yarra Glen, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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 Yarra Glen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215096/yarra-glen/topic/family-households