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Broken Hill CityCommunity profile

Broken Hill City

Households with children

There are 734 couples with young children in Broken Hill City in 2021, comprising 9.1% 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 Broken Hill City, 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, Broken Hill City'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
Broken Hill City - Households (Enumerated)20212011Change
Households with childrenNumber%Regional NSW %Number%Regional NSW %2011 to 2021
Couples with children1,40317.524.81,62820.226.7-225
Couples with young children7349.113.483410.414.4-100
Couples with mixed-age children2032.53.72643.34.2-61
Couples with older children4665.87.75306.68.1-64
Single parents with children1,04213.010.91,01012.511.3+32
Single parents with young children4655.84.34956.15.0-30
Single parents with mixed-age children1131.41.41271.61.5-14
Single parents with older children4645.85.23884.84.9+76
Total households with children2,44530.535.72,63832.738.0-193
Total households8,022100.0100.08,055100.0100.0-33
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2011 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 Broken Hill City in 2021 compared to Regional NSW shows that there was a smaller proportion of couples with young children, as well as a smaller proportion of couples with older children.

Overall, 9.1% of total households with children were couple with young children, and 5.8% were couples with older children, compared with 13.4% and 7.7% respectively for Regional NSW.

There were a larger 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 5.8% compared to 4.3% in Regional NSW while the proportion of single parent households with older children was 5.8% compared to 5.2% in Regional NSW.

Emerging groups

Between 2011 and 2021, the number of households with children decreased by 193 households or 7.3%.

The largest changes in households with children in this area between 2011 and 2021 were:

  • Couples with young children (-100 households)
  • Single parents with older children (+76 households)
  • Couples with older children (-64 households)
  • Couples with mixed-age children (-61 households)

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