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Eaglehawk - Eaglehawk North - Sailors Gully

Household type

In Eaglehawk - Eaglehawk North - Sailors Gully, 20.4% of households were made up of couples with children in 2021, compared with 26.0% in the City of Greater Bendigo.

Eaglehawk - Eaglehawk North - Sailors Gully'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, Eaglehawk - Eaglehawk North - Sailors Gully'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)?'

Household type
Eaglehawk - Eaglehawk North - Sailors Gully - Total households (Enumerated)20212016Change
Households by typeNumber%City of Greater Bendigo %Number%City of Greater Bendigo %2016 to 2021
Couples with children56920.426.056320.926.1+6
Couples without children67824.325.962023.025.3+58
One parent families37213.311.634112.711.5+31
Other families331.21.1381.41.1-5
Group household782.83.2943.53.8-16
Lone person92933.327.382730.726.3+102
Other not classifiable household1124.04.11967.34.8-84
Visitor only households210.80.9160.61.1+5
Total households2,792100.0100.02,695100.0100.0+97
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
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Dominant groups

Analysis of the household/family types in Eaglehawk - Eaglehawk North - Sailors Gully in 2021 compared to the City of Greater Bendigo shows that there was a lower proportion of couple families with child(ren) as well as a higher proportion of one-parent families. Overall, 20.4% of total families were couple families with child(ren), and 13.3% were one-parent families, compared with 26.0% and 11.6% respectively for the City of Greater Bendigo.

There were a higher proportion of lone person households and a lower proportion of couples without children. Overall, the proportion of lone person households was 33.3% compared to 27.3% in the City of Greater Bendigo while the proportion of couples without children was 24.3% compared to 25.9% in the City of Greater Bendigo.

Emerging groups

The number of households in Eaglehawk - Eaglehawk North - Sailors Gully increased by 97 between 2016 and 2021.

The largest changes in family/household types in Eaglehawk - Eaglehawk North - Sailors Gully between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • Lone person (+102 households)
  • Couples without children (+58 households)

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