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Spring Farm

Households without children

In Spring Farm, older couples without children account for 4% 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 Spring Farm, 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, Spring Farm'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
Spring Farm - Households (Enumerated)20212016Change
Households without childrenNumber%Camden South %Number%Camden South %2016 to 2021
Couples without children77824.027.936624.830.1+412
Young couples without children46914.46.522815.46.9+241
Middle-aged couples without children1645.17.2765.18.9+88
Older couples without children1454.514.2624.214.3+83
Lone person households37411.518.218712.716.5+187
Young lone persons1695.22.9966.52.9+73
Middle-aged lone persons1233.85.6614.15.1+62
Older lone persons822.59.8302.08.5+52
Group households531.62.0241.61.4+29
Total households without children1,20537.148.157739.048.0+628
Total households3,247100.0100.01,478100.0100.0+1,769
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 households without children in Spring Farm in 2021 compared to Camden South shows that there was a larger proportion of young couples without children, a smaller proportion of middle-aged couples without children, and a smaller proportion of older couples without children.

In addition, there were a larger 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 2016 and 2021, the number of households without children increased by 628.

The largest changes in households without children in Spring Farm, between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • Young couples without children (+241 persons)
  • Middle-aged couples without children (+88 persons)
  • Older couples without children (+83 persons)
  • Young lone persons (+73 persons)

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