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Central Coast NSWCommunity profile

Central Coast Council area

Household type

In Central Coast NSW, 25.5% of people aged 55 to 64 years were in couples with children households.

Central Coast NSW's household and family structure is one of the most important demographic indicators.

People form different types of households at different stages in life, so this varies enormously by age group in all areas. This topic is useful, however, in comparing the types of households formed by each age group relative to the benchmark. For instance, in some areas, children may mostly live in couple families, while in others they are mainly in one-parent families. Are elderly parents still living with their extended family or do they have empty nester households?

To continue building the story, Central Coast NSW's Household Types should be viewed in conjunction with Dwelling Type.

Q:

Derived from the Census question:

'What is the person's relationship (to each other person in the household)?'

Household type
Central Coast NSW - 55 to 64 years20212016Change
Households by typeNumber%Greater SydneyNumber%Greater Sydney2016 to 2021
Couples with children11,29925.539.910,39125.439.2+908
Couples without children16,91338.228.816,17539.529.7+738
One parent families5,00311.310.94,17410.210.2+829
Other families4371.01.14151.01.1+22
Group household1,5883.62.61,4373.52.7+151
Lone person7,34216.613.46,49115.812.8+851
Visitor only / Other non classifiable households1,6703.83.21,9074.74.4-237
Total people in private dwellings44,252100.0100.040,990100.0100.0+3,262
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 household/family types of people aged 55 to 64 years in Central Coast NSW in 2021 compared to Greater Sydney, shows that there was a lower proportion of people aged 55 to 64 years in couple families with child(ren) as well as a similar proportion in one-parent families. Overall, 25.5% of people aged 55 to 64 years were in couple families with child(ren), and 11.3% were in one-parent families, compared with 39.9% and 10.9% respectively for Greater Sydney.

There was a higher proportion of people aged 55 to 64 years in lone person households and a higher proportion in couples without children. Overall, the proportion of people aged 55 to 64 years in lone person households was 16.6% compared to 13.4% in Greater Sydney while the proportion of couples without children was 38.2% compared to 28.8% in Greater Sydney.

Emerging groups

The number of people aged 55 to 64 years in households in Central Coast Council area increased by 3,262 between 2016 and 2021.

The largest changes in family/household types for people aged 55 to 64 years in Central Coast Council area between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • Couples with children (+908 persons)
  • Lone person (+851 persons)
  • One parent families (+829 persons)
  • Couples without children (+738 persons)

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