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Fountain Gate Wider Catchment

Households without children

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In Fountain Gate Wider Catchment, older couples without children account for 6% 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 Fountain Gate Wider Catchment, 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, Fountain Gate Wider 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 without children by life stage
Fountain Gate Wider Catchment - Households (Enumerated)20212016Change
Households without childrenNumber%City of Casey %Number%City of Casey %2016 to 2021
Couples without children16,33020.720.711,85221.920.9+4,477
Young couples without children7,3509.37.24,9569.16.8+2,394
Middle-aged couples without children4,2565.46.23,4096.36.9+847
Older couples without children4,7246.07.23,4876.47.1+1,237
Lone person households12,52215.815.08,70116.114.6+3,821
Young lone persons4,0645.14.12,6955.03.9+1,368
Middle-aged lone persons4,0825.25.13,0035.55.2+1,079
Older lone persons4,3765.55.83,0025.55.5+1,374
Group households1,8202.32.41,1992.22.2+621
Total households without children30,67238.838.021,75340.137.6+8,919
Total households79,079100.0100.054,182100.0100.0+24,896
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 Fountain Gate Wider Catchment in 2021 compared to the City of Casey 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 similar proportion of middle-aged lone person households, and a similar proportion of older lone person households.

Emerging groups

Between 2016 and 2021, the number of households without children increased by 8,919.

The largest changes in households without children in Fountain Gate Wider Catchment, between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • Young couples without children (+2,394 persons)
  • Older lone persons (+1,374 persons)
  • Young lone persons (+1,368 persons)
  • Older couples without children (+1,237 persons)

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