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Tom Price's household and family structure is one of the most important demographic indicators. It reveals the area's residential role and function, era of settlement and provides key insights into the level of demand for services and facilities as most are related to age and household types.
To continue building the story, Tom Price's Household Summary should be viewed in conjunction with Households with Children, Households without Children, Household Size, Age Structure and Dwelling Type.
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Tom Price - Total households (Enumerated) | 2021 | 2006 | Change | ||||
Households by type | Number | % | Mining areas - Shire remainder % | Number | % | Mining areas - Shire remainder % | 2006 to 2021 |
Couples with children | 381 | 32.8 | 2.3 | 394 | 39.2 | 5.6 | -13 |
Couples without children | 198 | 17.0 | 5.3 | 186 | 18.5 | 6.5 | +12 |
One parent families | 46 | 4.0 | 2.4 | 40 | 4.0 | 5.9 | +6 |
Other families | 3 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 0 | -- | 1.2 | +3 |
Group household | 14 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 38 | 3.8 | -- | -24 |
Lone person | 164 | 14.1 | 6.9 | 141 | 14.0 | 8.2 | +23 |
Other not classifiable household | 103 | 8.9 | 1.5 | 102 | 10.1 | 9.1 | +1 |
Visitor only households | 254 | 21.8 | 79.7 | 104 | 10.3 | 63.6 | +150 |
Total households | 1,163 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 1,005 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +158 |
Analysis of the household/family types in Tom Price in 2021 compared to Mining areas - Shire remainder shows that there was a higher proportion of couple families with child(ren) as well as a higher proportion of one-parent families. Overall, 32.8% of total families were couple families with child(ren), and 4.0% were one-parent families, compared with 2.3% and 2.4% respectively for Mining areas - Shire remainder.
There were a higher proportion of lone person households and a higher proportion of couples without children. Overall, the proportion of lone person households was 14.1% compared to 6.9% in Mining areas - Shire remainder while the proportion of couples without children was 17.0% compared to 5.3% in Mining areas - Shire remainder.
The number of households in Tom Price increased by 158 between 2006 and 2021.
There were no major differences in Tom Price between 2006 and 2021.
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