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Albury City'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, Albury City'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 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albury City - 12 to 17 years | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||
| Households by type | Number | % | Australia | Number | % | Australia | 2016 to 2021 |
| Couples with children | 2,567 | 64.1 | 71.6 | 2,421 | 66.5 | 71.1 | +146 |
| Couples without children | 29 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 36 | 1.0 | 1.0 | -7 |
| One parent families | 1,159 | 28.9 | 22.5 | 944 | 25.9 | 22.4 | +215 |
| Other families | 22 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 26 | 0.7 | 0.5 | -4 |
| Group household | 15 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 23 | 0.6 | 0.3 | -8 |
| Lone person | 28 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 22 | 0.6 | 0.6 | +6 |
| Visitor only / Other non classifiable households | 187 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 171 | 4.7 | 4.2 | +16 |
| Total people in private dwellings | 4,007 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 3,643 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +364 |
Dominant groups
Analysis of the household/family types of children aged 12 to 17 years in Albury City in 2021 compared to Australia, shows that there was a lower proportion of children aged 12 to 17 years in couple families with child(ren) as well as a higher proportion in one-parent families. Overall, 64.1% of children aged 12 to 17 years were in couple families with child(ren), and 28.9% were in one-parent families, compared with 71.6% and 22.5% respectively for Australia.
There was a similar proportion of children aged 12 to 17 years in lone person households and a similar proportion in couples without children. Overall, the proportion of children aged 12 to 17 years in lone person households was 0.7% compared to 0.5% in Australia while the proportion of couples without children was 0.7% compared to 0.7% in Australia.
Emerging groups
The number of children aged 12 to 17 years in households in Albury City increased by 364 between 2016 and 2021.
The largest changes in family/household types for children aged 12 to 17 years in Albury City between 2016 and 2021 were:
- One parent families (+215 persons)
- Couples with children (+146 persons)
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