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Avoca Beach - Picketts Valley - Copacabana - MacMasters Beach

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In Avoca Beach - Picketts Valley - Copacabana - MacMasters Beach, 36.2% of households were made up of couples with children in 2021, compared with 30.8% in Point Clare - Tascott - Koolewong - Woy Woy Bay.

Avoca Beach - Picketts Valley - Copacabana - MacMasters Beach's household and family structure is one of the most important demographic indicators. It reveals the area's residential role and function, era of settlement and provides key insights into the level of demand for services and facilities as most are related to age and household types.

To continue building the story, Avoca Beach - Picketts Valley - Copacabana - MacMasters Beach's Household Summary should be viewed in conjunction with Households with Children, Households without Children, Household Size, Age Structure and Dwelling Type.

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Q:

Derived from the Census question:

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

Household type
Avoca Beach - Picketts Valley - Copacabana - MacMasters Beach - Total households (Enumerated)20212016Change
Households by typeNumber%Point Clare - Tascott - Koolewong - Woy Woy Bay %Number%Point Clare - Tascott - Koolewong - Woy Woy Bay %2016 to 2021
Couples with children1,20236.230.81,20838.830.9-6
Couples without children96729.127.380225.827.7+165
One parent families35310.610.034811.29.9+5
Other families140.40.8130.40.8+1
Group household561.73.0632.03.7-7
Lone person51315.525.252817.023.0-15
Other not classifiable household762.32.4872.83.7-11
Visitor only households1394.20.5612.00.5+78
Total households3,320100.0100.03,110100.0100.0+210
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 in Avoca Beach - Picketts Valley - Copacabana - MacMasters Beach in 2021 compared to Point Clare - Tascott - Koolewong - Woy Woy Bay shows that there was a higher proportion of couple families with child(ren) as well as a higher proportion of one-parent families. Overall, 36.2% of total families were couple families with child(ren), and 10.6% were one-parent families, compared with 30.8% and 10.0% respectively for Point Clare - Tascott - Koolewong - Woy Woy Bay.

There were a lower proportion of lone person households and a higher proportion of couples without children. Overall, the proportion of lone person households was 15.5% compared to 25.2% in Point Clare - Tascott - Koolewong - Woy Woy Bay while the proportion of couples without children was 29.1% compared to 27.3% in Point Clare - Tascott - Koolewong - Woy Woy Bay.

Emerging groups

The number of households in Avoca Beach - Picketts Valley - Copacabana - MacMasters Beach increased by 210 between 2016 and 2021.

The largest change in family/household types in Avoca Beach - Picketts Valley - Copacabana - MacMasters Beach between 2016 and 2021 was:

  • Couples without children (+165 households)

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