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Coastal District

Households without children

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In the Coastal District, older couples without children account for 15% 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 the Coastal District, 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, the Coastal District'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
Coastal District - Households (Enumerated)20212001Change
Households without childrenNumber%Budgewoi - Halekulani - Buff Point %Number%Budgewoi - Halekulani - Buff Point %2001 to 2021
Couples without children3,92328.926.23,01526.829.0+907
Young couples without children5834.34.36776.03.8-95
Middle-aged couples without children1,3109.69.01,0879.611.5+223
Older couples without children2,03014.912.81,25011.113.7+779
Lone person households2,45118.030.52,22219.728.5+229
Young lone persons3392.54.06335.65.6-294
Middle-aged lone persons8246.19.66365.67.8+188
Older lone persons1,2889.516.99528.515.1+335
Group households3252.42.83803.43.1-56
Total households without children6,69949.359.55,61849.960.5+1,081
Total households13,591100.0100.011,267100.0100.0+2,324
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2001 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 the Coastal District in 2021 compared to Budgewoi - Halekulani - Buff Point shows that there was a similar proportion of young couples without children, a larger proportion of middle-aged couples without children, and a larger proportion of older couples without children.

In addition, there were a smaller 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 2001 and 2021, the number of households without children increased by 1,081.

The largest changes in households without children in the Coastal District, between 2001 and 2021 were:

  • Older couples without children (+779 persons)
  • Older lone persons (+335 persons)
  • Young lone persons (-294 persons)
  • Middle-aged couples without children (+223 persons)

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