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Regional WA

Households with children

There are 31,341 couples with young children in Regional WA in 2021, comprising 14.2% 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 Regional WA, 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, Regional WA'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
Regional WA - Households (Enumerated)20212016Change
Households with childrenNumber%Victoria %Number%Victoria %2016 to 2021
Couples with children52,41523.830.953,11725.831.4-702
Couples with young children31,34114.217.132,40715.817.0-1,066
Couples with mixed-age children8,0733.74.17,8183.84.2+255
Couples with older children13,0015.99.712,8926.310.2+109
Single parents with children19,1428.710.217,9058.710.1+1,237
Single parents with young children8,3713.83.58,2094.03.4+162
Single parents with mixed-age children2,7951.31.22,4851.21.2+310
Single parents with older children7,9763.65.57,2113.55.5+765
Total households with children71,55732.541.171,02234.541.5+535
Total households220,067100.0100.0205,752100.0100.0+14,315
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 families with children in Regional WA in 2021 compared to Victoria shows that there was a smaller proportion of couples with young children, as well as a smaller proportion of couples with older children.

Overall, 14.2% of total households with children were couple with young children, and 5.9% were couples with older children, compared with 17.1% and 9.7% respectively for Victoria.

There were a similar proportion of single parent households with young children and a smaller proportion of single parent households with older children. Overall, the proportion of single parent households with young children was 3.8% compared to 3.5% in Victoria while the proportion of single parent households with older children was 3.6% compared to 5.5% in Victoria.

Emerging groups

Between 2016 and 2021, the number of households with children increased by 535 households or 0.8%.

The largest changes in households with children in this area between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • Couples with young children (-1,066 households)
  • Single parents with older children (+765 households)
  • Single parents with mixed-age children (+310 households)
  • Couples with mixed-age children (+255 households)

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