2.0 —
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Yea · Urban Centre
How families and households are made up across the area.
A far higher share of people live alone in Yea than in the rest of Victoria, with 42.5% of households consisting of just one person. This trend contributes to a much smaller typical household size than the state or national figures.
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Yea — lower than 86% of areas.
Average household size.
The typical home in Yea has only 2.0 people, which is well below the Australian figure of 2.5. This is because 42.5% of homes are one-person households, a rate far above the national average of 25.6%.
2.0 —
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
42.5% —
Higher than 91% of urban centre areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Yea, the largest group is 1 person at 43%, followed by 2 people (34%) and 3 people (10%).
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 21.8% of the local total, which is much higher than most similar areas and well above the Victorian rate of 13.3%.
21.8% —
Higher than 82% of urban centre areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Yea, the largest group is Couples with children at 43%, followed by Couples without children (34%) and One-parent families (22%).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Yea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215100/yea/topic/family-households