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Cumberland City Council'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.
This topic breaks down household and family type specifically for those households on low incomes (relative to national averages). There may be correlations with specific household types. For example, an area with many pensioners on low incomes is likely to have a large number of couples without children and lone person households.
Note that household income is connected to household size - the potential for a lone person household to have a high income is less than for a household containing 5 adults. This may skew the results a little to the smaller household types when comparing to the total population, but should not affect geographic comparisons.
To continue building the story, Cumberland City Council's household and family types should be viewed in conjunction with Age Structure and Dwelling Types.
Q:
Derived from the Census question:
'What is the person's relationship (to each other person in the household)?'
| Household type | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cumberland City Council - Low income households | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||
| Households by type | Number | % | Greater Sydney | Number | % | Greater Sydney | 2016 to 2021 |
| Couples with children | 4,448 | 27.0 | 15.5 | 6,355 | 34.4 | 20.0 | -1,907 |
| Couples without children | 3,268 | 19.9 | 22.6 | 3,264 | 17.7 | 20.6 | +4 |
| One parent families | 2,258 | 13.7 | 14.2 | 2,625 | 14.2 | 15.6 | -367 |
| Other families | 182 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 283 | 1.5 | 1.4 | -101 |
| Group household | 366 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 560 | 3.0 | 3.6 | -194 |
| Lone person | 5,928 | 36.0 | 44.5 | 5,379 | 29.1 | 38.7 | +549 |
| Total low income households | 16,450 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 18,466 | 100.0 | 100.0 | -2,016 |
Dominant groups
Analysis of the household/family types of low income households in Cumberland City Council in 2021 compared to Greater Sydney shows that there was a higher proportion of couple families with child(ren) as well as a lower proportion in one-parent families. Overall, 27.0% of low income households were couple families with child(ren), and 13.7% one-parent families, compared with 15.5% and 14.2% respectively for Greater Sydney.
There were a lower proportion of lone person households and a lower proportion of couples without children. Overall, the proportion of low income lone person households was 36.0% compared to 44.5% for Greater Sydney while the proportion in couples without children was 19.9% compared to 22.6% for Greater Sydney.
Emerging groups
The number of low income households in Cumberland City decreased by 2,016 between 2016 and 2021.
The largest changes in family/household types of low income households in Cumberland City between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Couples with children (-1,907 households)
- Lone person (+549 households)
- One parent families (-367 households)
- Group household (-194 households)
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