3.3 ▲ +50.0%
Higher than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 3.3
- 2021: 3.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Yorke Island · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Yorke Island
How families and households are made up across the area.
Some of the largest households in the region are found on Yorke Island, where the typical home now holds 3.3 people. This reflects a growing trend toward larger living arrangements and a very high proportion of single-parent families.
3.3
▲ +50.0%
- 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 Yorke Island — higher than 90% of areas.
| Yorke Island | 3.3 |
|---|---|
| 4875, QLD | 3.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are much larger than the national figure of 2.5 people, and the number of residents per home has risen since 2011. While 31% of people live alone, nearly 24% of households consist of six or more people.
31.0% ▲ +5.4%
Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.4%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 31.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Yorke Island, the largest group is 1 person at 30%, followed by 6 or more (23%) and 2 people (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 37.8% of the total, a figure far above the Australian average of 14.1%. This has seen a sharp increase from just 8.6% in 2011, though couples with children remain the most common family type at 51.6%.
37.8% ▲ +340.9%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 40.0%
- 2021: 37.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Yorke Island, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; One-parent families is next at 37%.
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 Yorke Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322139/yorke-island/topic/family-households