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Household type

In Blacktown City Council, 26.4% of people aged 65 to 79 years were in couples with children households.

Blacktown City Council's household and family structure is one of the most important demographic indicators.

People form different types of households at different stages in life, so this varies enormously by age group in all areas. This topic is useful, however, in comparing the types of households formed by each age group relative to the benchmark. For instance, in some areas, children may mostly live in couple families, while in others they are mainly in one-parent families. Are elderly parents still living with their extended family or do they have empty nester households?

To continue building the story, Blacktown City Council's Household Types should be viewed in conjunction with Dwelling Type.

Q:

Derived from the Census question:

'What is the person's relationship (to each other person in the household)?'

Household type
Blacktown City Council - 65 to 79 years20212016Change
Households by typeNumber%Greater SydneyNumber%Greater Sydney2016 to 2021
Couples with children8,98326.419.46,75325.319.1+2,230
Couples without children13,59740.046.610,77340.446.1+2,824
One parent families3,44010.17.72,69710.17.2+743
Other families5281.61.24031.51.2+125
Group household7692.32.35622.12.2+207
Lone person5,62616.619.94,38216.419.7+1,244
Visitor only / Other non classifiable households1,0333.03.01,0914.14.5-58
Total people in private dwellings33,976100.0100.026,661100.0100.0+7,315
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 household/family types of people aged 65 to 79 years in Blacktown City Council in 2021 compared to Greater Sydney, shows that there was a higher proportion of people aged 65 to 79 years in couple families with child(ren) as well as a higher proportion in one-parent families. Overall, 26.4% of people aged 65 to 79 years were in couple families with child(ren), and 10.1% were in one-parent families, compared with 19.4% and 7.7% respectively for Greater Sydney.

There was a lower proportion of people aged 65 to 79 years in lone person households and a lower proportion in couples without children. Overall, the proportion of people aged 65 to 79 years in lone person households was 16.6% compared to 19.9% in Greater Sydney while the proportion of couples without children was 40.0% compared to 46.6% in Greater Sydney.

Emerging groups

The number of people aged 65 to 79 years in households in Blacktown City increased by 7,315 between 2016 and 2021.

The largest changes in family/household types for people aged 65 to 79 years in Blacktown City between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • Couples without children (+2,824 persons)
  • Couples with children (+2,230 persons)
  • Lone person (+1,244 persons)
  • One parent families (+743 persons)

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