Yea · Urban Centre

Family & Households in Yea

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.

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📍 Yea, Urban Centre

Where Yea sits — Average household size

2.0
  • 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 Yea — lower than 86% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Yea2.0
3717, VIC 2.2
Victoria 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

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%.

Household size

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In Yea, the largest group is 1 person at 43%, followed by 2 people (34%) and 3 people (10%).

Families

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%.

Family composition

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In Yea, the largest group is Couples with children at 43%, followed by Couples without children (34%) and One-parent families (22%).

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 Yea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215100/yea/topic/family-households