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Households without children

In Fairfield Place, older couples without children account for 7% 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 Fairfield Place, 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, Fairfield Place'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
Fairfield Place - Households (Enumerated)20212011Change
Households without childrenNumber%Fairfield City %Number%Fairfield City %2011 to 2021
Couples without children2,77015.417.02,60616.416.7+163
Young couples without children6293.53.46994.43.7-70
Middle-aged couples without children8184.65.07935.05.8+25
Older couples without children1,3237.48.61,1147.07.2+209
Lone person households3,49519.416.62,95818.615.1+536
Young lone persons7204.03.17905.03.7-70
Middle-aged lone persons1,2627.05.89836.25.3+279
Older lone persons1,5138.47.71,1857.46.2+328
Group households4032.22.23752.42.0+28
Total households without children6,66837.135.85,94137.333.9+727
Total households17,974100.0100.015,935100.0100.0+2,038
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2011 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 Fairfield Place in 2021 compared to Fairfield City shows that there was a similar proportion of young couples without children, a similar proportion of middle-aged couples without children, and a smaller proportion of older couples without children.

In addition, there were a larger proportion of young lone person households, a larger proportion of middle-aged lone person households, and a larger proportion of older lone person households.

Emerging groups

Between 2011 and 2021, the number of households without children increased by 727.

The largest changes in households without children in Fairfield Place, between 2011 and 2021 were:

  • Older lone persons (+328 persons)
  • Middle-aged lone persons (+279 persons)
  • Older couples without children (+209 persons)
  • Young couples without children (-70 persons)

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