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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idThere are 1,115,209 couples with young children in Greater Capital Cities in 2021, comprising 17.9% of households.
Households with Children require different services and facilities than other household types, and their needs change as both adults and children age. When many families in an area are at the same stage in their individual lifecycles, it creates a suburb lifecycle. Knowing where a suburb is in a cycle of change helps planners make evidence-based decisions about the demand for services both now and in the future.
For Households with Children in Greater Capital Cities, life stage is based on the age of children in the household. The age of the parent(s) is not taken into account.
- Young children: Children aged under 15 only
- Mixed age children: One or more children under 15 and one or more children over 15 (must have 2 or more children)
- Older children: Children aged 15 and over only
To continue building the story, Greater Capital Cities'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 with children by life stage | |||||||
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| Greater Capital Cities - Households (Enumerated) | 2021 | 2011 | Change | ||||
| Households with children | Number | % | Regional Australia % | Number | % | Regional Australia % | 2011 to 2021 |
| Couples with children | 2,024,480 | 32.5 | 24.6 | 1,687,440 | 32.8 | 26.9 | +337,040 |
| Couples with young children | 1,115,209 | 17.9 | 13.6 | 902,380 | 17.6 | 15.1 | +212,829 |
| Couples with mixed-age children | 273,488 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 237,868 | 4.6 | 4.2 | +35,620 |
| Couples with older children | 635,783 | 10.2 | 7.3 | 547,192 | 10.6 | 7.6 | +88,591 |
| Single parents with children | 661,249 | 10.6 | 10.5 | 547,227 | 10.6 | 10.6 | +114,022 |
| Single parents with young children | 231,651 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 199,253 | 3.9 | 4.8 | +32,398 |
| Single parents with mixed-age children | 76,885 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 65,805 | 1.3 | 1.4 | +11,080 |
| Single parents with older children | 352,713 | 5.7 | 4.9 | 282,169 | 5.5 | 4.4 | +70,544 |
| Total households with children | 2,685,729 | 43.1 | 35.0 | 2,234,667 | 43.5 | 37.5 | +451,062 |
| Total households | 6,236,867 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 5,140,666 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +1,096,201 |
Dominant groups
Analysis of the families with children in Greater Capital Cities in 2021 compared to Regional Australia shows that there was a larger proportion of couples with young children, as well as a larger proportion of couples with older children.
Overall, 17.9% of total households with children were couple with young children, and 10.2% were couples with older children, compared with 13.6% and 7.3% respectively for Regional Australia.
There were a smaller proportion of single parent households with young children and a larger proportion of single parent households with older children. Overall, the proportion of single parent households with young children was 3.7% compared to 4.3% in Regional Australia while the proportion of single parent households with older children was 5.7% compared to 4.9% in Regional Australia.
Emerging groups
Between 2011 and 2021, the number of households with children increased by 451,062 households or 20.2%.
The largest changes in households with children in this area between 2011 and 2021 were:
- Couples with young children (+212,829 households)
- Couples with older children (+88,591 households)
- Single parents with older children (+70,544 households)
- Couples with mixed-age children (+35,620 households)
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