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Fountain Gate Core Catchment

Households with children

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There are 13,640 couples with young children in Fountain Gate Core Catchment in 2021, comprising 20.6% 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 Fountain Gate Core Catchment, 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, Fountain Gate Core Catchment'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
Fountain Gate Core Catchment - Households (Enumerated)20211996Change
Households with childrenNumber%City of Casey %Number%City of Casey %1996 to 2021
Couples with children28,81943.645.417,81151.350.0+11,007
Couples with young children13,64020.625.310,90631.430.8+2,734
Couples with mixed-age children4,8077.37.02,7678.07.5+2,040
Couples with older children10,37215.713.14,13811.911.7+6,234
Single parents with children7,92312.011.63,53110.210.5+4,392
Single parents with young children2,5003.84.11,7395.05.4+760
Single parents with mixed-age children9851.51.54391.31.3+546
Single parents with older children4,4386.76.01,3523.93.9+3,085
Total households with children36,74255.657.021,34261.560.6+15,399
Total households66,110100.0100.034,691100.0100.0+31,418
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 1996 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 Fountain Gate Core Catchment in 2021 compared to the City of Casey shows that there was a smaller proportion of couples with young children, and a larger proportion of couples with older children.

Overall, 20.6% of total households with children were couple with young children, and 15.7% were couples with older children, compared with 25.3% and 13.1% respectively for the City of Casey.

There were a similar 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 3.8% compared to 4.1% in the City of Casey while the proportion of single parent households with older children was 6.7% compared to 6.0% in the City of Casey.

Emerging groups

Between 1996 and 2021, the number of households with children increased by 15,400 households or 72.2%.

The largest changes in households with children in this area between 1996 and 2021 were:

  • Couples with older children (+6,234 households)
  • Single parents with older children (+3,085 households)
  • Couples with young children (+2,734 households)
  • Couples with mixed-age children (+2,040 households)

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