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Fountain Gate Core Catchment

Households without children

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In Fountain Gate Core Catchment, older couples without children account for 9% 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 Core 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 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 without children by life stage
Fountain Gate Core Catchment - Households (Enumerated)20212016Change
Households without childrenNumber%Casey Coast %Number%Casey Coast %2016 to 2021
Couples without children14,03321.225.612,75320.526.8+1,280
Young couples without children3,8525.85.23,5115.76.4+340
Middle-aged couples without children4,5516.910.14,4857.212.0+65
Older couples without children5,6308.510.34,7557.78.5+875
Lone person households10,39615.719.59,10314.720.1+1,293
Young lone persons2,4283.73.42,2603.64.0+167
Middle-aged lone persons3,6145.57.83,3075.38.8+306
Older lone persons4,3546.68.23,5345.77.3+819
Group households1,6292.52.21,3722.21.8+256
Total households without children26,05839.447.323,22937.448.7+2,829
Total households66,110100.0100.062,093100.0100.0+4,016
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 Core Catchment in 2021 compared to Casey Coast 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 similar 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 2,829.

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

  • Older couples without children (+875 persons)
  • Older lone persons (+819 persons)
  • Young couples without children (+340 persons)
  • Middle-aged lone persons (+306 persons)

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