2.5 —
Higher than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Yarra Junction - Wesburn · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Yarra Junction - Wesburn
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all families in Yarra Junction - Wesburn are couples with children. This is a place where homes are typically larger than in most other areas, with an average of 2.5 people per household.
2.5
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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 Junction - Wesburn — higher than 64% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home size has grown since 2016, now matching the Victorian and national figure of 2.5 people. While 31.8% of homes house two people, the proportion of those living alone has fallen 11 points to 27.2%.
27.2% —
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 38.2%
- 2021: 27.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Yarra Junction - Wesburn splits fairly evenly between 2 people (32%) and 1 person (27%), with 4 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 56.6%, followed by couples without children at 26.4%. One-parent families account for 16.3%, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1%.
16.3% —
Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Yarra Junction - Wesburn, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; 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 Junction - Wesburn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215097/yarra-junction-wesburn/topic/family-households