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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idIn Lennox Head - Skennars Head, 30.7% of households were made up of couples with children in 2021, compared with 19.4% in Ballina (North).
Lennox Head - Skennars Head'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, Lennox Head - Skennars Head'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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Q:
Derived from the Census question:
'What is the person's relationship (to each other person in the household)?'
Dominant groups
Analysis of the household/family types in Lennox Head - Skennars Head in 2021 compared to Ballina (North) shows that there was a higher proportion of couple families with child(ren) as well as a higher proportion of one-parent families. Overall, 30.7% of total families were couple families with child(ren), and 9.6% were one-parent families, compared with 19.4% and 8.7% respectively for Ballina (North).
There were a lower proportion of lone person households and a lower proportion of couples without children. Overall, the proportion of lone person households was 19.3% compared to 30.5% in Ballina (North) while the proportion of couples without children was 29.6% compared to 34.5% in Ballina (North).
Emerging groups
The number of households in Lennox Head - Skennars Head increased by 880 between 2006 and 2021.
The largest changes in family/household types in Lennox Head - Skennars Head between 2006 and 2021 were:
- Couples without children (+332 households)
- Lone person (+232 households)
- Couples with children (+203 households)
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