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Redlynch - Lamb Range

Households without children

In Redlynch - Lamb Range, older couples without children account for 7% of total households in 2021.

Households without Children include couples without children and lone person households. They require different services depending on the age of the people in the households. For example young couples who have not had children (yet) compared to older "empty nester" couples whose children may have left home.

For Households without Children in Redlynch - Lamb Range, life stage is based on the age of the household reference person (usually person 1 on the Census form):

  • Young: Aged 15-44
  • Middle-aged: Aged 45-64
  • Older: Aged 65 and over

To continue building the story, Redlynch - Lamb Range'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 without children by life stage
Redlynch - Lamb Range - Households (Enumerated)20212001Change
Households without childrenNumber%Cairns %Number%Cairns %2001 to 2021
Couples without children81323.324.632022.822.0+493
Young couples without children2136.16.815911.38.9+54
Middle-aged couples without children35810.29.31117.98.7+247
Older couples without children2426.98.5503.64.4+192
Lone person households45112.924.715711.222.2+294
Young lone persons1213.56.3916.59.5+30
Middle-aged lone persons1674.89.3423.07.4+125
Older lone persons1634.79.2241.75.3+139
Group households852.44.0443.15.3+41
Total households without children1,34938.653.452137.149.5+828
Total households3,494100.0100.01,406100.0100.0+2,088
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2001 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
Please refer to specific data notes for more information

Dominant groups

Analysis of the households without children in Redlynch - Lamb Range in 2021 compared to Cairns shows that there was a smaller proportion of young couples without children, a larger proportion of middle-aged couples without children, and a smaller proportion of older couples without children.

In addition, there were a smaller proportion of young lone person households, a smaller proportion of middle-aged lone person households, and a smaller proportion of older lone person households.

Emerging groups

Between 2001 and 2021, the number of households without children increased by 828.

The largest changes in households without children in Redlynch - Lamb Range, between 2001 and 2021 were:

  • Middle-aged couples without children (+247 persons)
  • Older couples without children (+192 persons)
  • Older lone persons (+139 persons)
  • Middle-aged lone persons (+125 persons)

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