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City of YarraCommunity profile

City of Yarra

Household type

In the City of Yarra, 34.3% of people aged 12 to 24 years were in couples with children households.

The City of Yarra's household and family structure is one of the most important demographic indicators.

People form different types of households at different stages in life, so this varies enormously by age group in all areas. This topic is useful, however, in comparing the types of households formed by each age group relative to the benchmark. For instance, in some areas, children may mostly live in couple families, while in others they are mainly in one-parent families. Are elderly parents still living with their extended family or do they have empty nester households?

To continue building the story, the City of Yarra's Household Types should be viewed in conjunction with Dwelling Type.

Q:

Derived from the Census question:

'What is the person's relationship (to each other person in the household)?'

Household type
City of Yarra - 12 to 24 years20212016Change
Households by typeNumber%Greater MelbourneNumber%Greater Melbourne2016 to 2021
Couples with children3,57034.361.33,14928.957.6+421
Couples without children9959.65.51,24811.55.9-253
One parent families1,49914.418.31,65015.217.6-151
Other families3623.52.15144.72.7-152
Group household2,87527.66.52,84426.18.8+31
Lone person6145.92.75825.33.0+32
Visitor only / Other non classifiable households4954.83.78968.24.3-401
Total people in private dwellings10,410100.0100.010,883100.0100.0-473
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
Please refer to specific data notes for more information

Dominant groups

Analysis of the household/family types of people aged 12 to 24 years in the City of Yarra in 2021 compared to Greater Melbourne, shows that there was a lower proportion of people aged 12 to 24 years in couple families with child(ren) as well as a lower proportion in one-parent families. Overall, 34.3% of people aged 12 to 24 years were in couple families with child(ren), and 14.4% were in one-parent families, compared with 61.3% and 18.3% respectively for Greater Melbourne.

There was a higher proportion of people aged 12 to 24 years in lone person households and a higher proportion in couples without children. Overall, the proportion of people aged 12 to 24 years in lone person households was 5.9% compared to 2.7% in Greater Melbourne while the proportion of couples without children was 9.6% compared to 5.5% in Greater Melbourne.

Emerging groups

The number of people aged 12 to 24 years in households in City of Yarra decreased by 473 between 2016 and 2021.

The largest changes in family/household types for people aged 12 to 24 years in the City of Yarra between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • Couples with children (+421 persons)
  • Visitor only / Other non classifiable households (-401 persons)
  • Couples without children (-253 persons)
  • Other families (-152 persons)

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