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City of Burnside

Household type

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In the City of Burnside, 10.6% of households were made up of couples with children compared with 34.5% in the total population in the City of Burnside.

The City of Burnside'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.

This topic breaks down household and family type specifically for those households on low incomes (relative to national averages). There may be correlations with specific household types. For example, an area with many pensioners on low incomes is likely to have a large number of couples without children and lone person households.

Note that household income is connected to household size - the potential for a lone person household to have a high income is less than for a household containing 5 adults. This may skew the results a little to the smaller household types when comparing to the total population, but should not affect geographic comparisons.

To continue building the story, the City of Burnside's household and family types should be viewed in conjunction with Age Structure and Dwelling Types.

Q:

Derived from the Census question:

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

Household type
City of Burnside - Low income households20212016Change
Households by typeNumber%City of Burnside - Total populationNumber%City of Burnside - Total population2016 to 2021
Couples with children23910.634.539414.133.7-155
Couples without children46420.627.351618.526.7-52
One parent families27112.08.136112.98.2-90
Other families291.30.8541.90.9-25
Group household331.52.41093.92.9-76
Lone person1,21854.026.91,35948.727.7-141
Total low income households2,254100.0100.02,793100.0100.0-539
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 low income households in the City of Burnside in 2021 compared to the total households in the City of Burnside shows that there was a lower proportion of couple families with child(ren) as well as a higher proportion in one-parent families. Overall, 10.6% of low income households were couple families with child(ren), and 12.0% one-parent families, compared with 34.5% and 8.1% respectively for the total households in the City of Burnside.

There were a higher proportion of lone person households and a lower proportion of couples without children. Overall, the proportion of low income lone person households was 54.0% compared to 26.9% for the total households in the City of Burnside while the proportion in couples without children was 20.6% compared to 27.3% for the total households in the City of Burnside.

Emerging groups

The number of low income households in City of Burnside decreased by 539 between 2016 and 2021.

The largest changes in family/household types of low income households in the City of Burnside between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • Couples with children (-155 households)
  • Lone person (-141 households)
  • One parent families (-90 households)
  • Group household (-76 households)

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