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Byron ShireCommunity profile

Rural North West

Households with children

There are 144 couples with young children in Rural North West in 2021, comprising 12.8% 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 Rural North West, 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, Rural North West'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
Rural North West - Households (Enumerated)20212016Change
Households with childrenNumber%Byron Shire %Number%Byron Shire %2016 to 2021
Couples with children26423.422.227822.621.0-15
Couples with young children14412.813.115712.812.5-14
Couples with mixed-age children353.12.9342.82.8+1
Couples with older children857.56.2877.15.7-2
Single parents with children1049.210.61219.811.1-17
Single parents with young children484.34.3625.04.8-14
Single parents with mixed-age children141.21.350.41.1+9
Single parents with older children423.75.0534.45.3-12
Total households with children36832.732.740032.432.1-32
Total households1,126100.0100.01,236100.0100.0-110
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 families with children in Rural North West in 2021 compared to Byron Shire shows that there was a similar proportion of couples with young children, and a larger proportion of couples with older children.

Overall, 12.8% of total households with children were couple with young children, and 7.5% were couples with older children, compared with 13.1% and 6.2% respectively for Byron Shire.

There were a similar proportion of single parent households with young children and a smaller proportion of single parent households with older children. Overall, the proportion of single parent households with young children was 4.3% compared to 4.3% in Byron Shire while the proportion of single parent households with older children was 3.7% compared to 5.0% in Byron Shire.

Emerging groups

Between 2016 and 2021, the number of households with children decreased by 32 households or 8.0%.

There were no major differences between 2016 and 2021 in Rural North West.

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