3.3 ▲ +43.5%
Higher than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 3.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Iama (Yam) Island · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Iama (Yam) Island
How families and households are made up across the area.
Crowded homes are common on Iama (Yam) Island, where the typical household now holds 3.3 people. This is well above the national figure, reflecting a community where few people live alone and many large families share a single dwelling.
3.3
▲ +43.5%
- 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 Iama (Yam) Island — higher than 90% of areas.
| Iama (Yam) Island | 3.3 |
|---|---|
| 4875, QLD | 3.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are much larger than average, with 16.4% of households containing six or more people. Only 11.9% of residents live alone, a figure that has fallen 18 points since 2011.
11.9% ▼ -60.4%
Lower than 94% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.1%
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Iama (Yam) Island, the largest group is 2 people at 31%, followed by 6 or more (17%) and 4 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 34.2% of the community, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%. This proportion has risen 16 points since 2011, while couples with children remain the most common group at 50.9%.
34.2% ▲ +83.2%
Higher than 97% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 34.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Iama (Yam) Island, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; One-parent families is next at 34%.
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 Iama (Yam) Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322059/iama-island/topic/family-households