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Households without children

In City South, older couples without children account for 3% of total households in 2021.

Households without Children include couples without children and lone person households. They require different services depending on the age of the people in the households. For example young couples who have not had children (yet) compared to older "empty nester" couples whose children may have left home.

For Households without Children in City South, life stage is based on the age of the household reference person (usually person 1 on the Census form):

  • Young: Aged 15-44
  • Middle-aged: Aged 45-64
  • Older: Aged 65 and over

To continue building the story, City South's Household data should be viewed in conjunction with Household Size, Age Structure and Dwelling Type.

Q:

Derived from the Census question:

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

Households without children by life stage
City South - Households (Enumerated)20212016Change
Households without childrenNumber%City of Adelaide %Number%City of Adelaide %2016 to 2021
Couples without children65627.625.636622.922.8+289
Young couples without children47019.813.525015.711.5+219
Middle-aged couples without children1134.85.2724.55.3+41
Older couples without children733.16.9442.76.0+29
Lone person households95240.140.865540.935.6+297
Young lone persons53522.520.734321.517.3+191
Middle-aged lone persons28111.810.822213.910.1+58
Older lone persons1365.79.4885.58.1+48
Group households29612.511.421713.614.2+79
Total households without children1,90480.177.91,23977.572.6+665
Total households2,377100.0100.01,600100.0100.0+777
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 households without children in City South in 2021 compared to the City of Adelaide shows that there was a larger proportion of young couples without children, a similar proportion of middle-aged couples without children, and a smaller proportion of older couples without children.

In addition, there were a larger proportion of young lone person households, a larger proportion of middle-aged lone person households, and a smaller proportion of older lone person households.

Emerging groups

Between 2016 and 2021, the number of households without children increased by 665.

The largest changes in households without children in City South, between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • Young couples without children (+219 persons)
  • Young lone persons (+191 persons)
  • Group households (+79 persons)
  • Middle-aged lone persons (+58 persons)

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