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Fraser Coast Regional Council

Households with children

There are 4,445 couples with young children in Fraser Coast Regional Council in 2021, comprising 9.3% of households.

Households with Children require different services and facilities than other household types, and their needs change as both adults and children age. When many families in an area are at the same stage in their individual lifecycles, it creates a suburb lifecycle. Knowing where a suburb is in a cycle of change helps planners make evidence-based decisions about the demand for services both now and in the future.

For Households with Children in Fraser Coast Regional Council, life stage is based on the age of children in the household. The age of the parent(s) is not taken into account.

  • Young children: Children aged under 15 only
  • Mixed age children: One or more children under 15 and one or more children over 15 (must have 2 or more children)
  • Older children: Children aged 15 and over only

To continue building the story, Fraser Coast Regional Council'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 with children by life stage
Fraser Coast Regional Council - Households (Enumerated)20212001Change
Households with childrenNumber%Maryborough %Number%Maryborough %2001 to 2021
Couples with children8,89918.719.47,34024.327.8+1,559
Couples with young children4,4459.39.34,15613.715.6+288
Couples with mixed-age children1,5133.23.51,2634.24.8+249
Couples with older children2,9416.26.71,9196.37.5+1,022
Single parents with children5,23911.013.13,12810.311.8+2,110
Single parents with young children2,1594.55.21,6825.66.0+477
Single parents with mixed-age children7111.51.74271.41.6+283
Single parents with older children2,3695.06.21,0183.44.2+1,350
Total households with children14,13829.732.410,46834.639.6+3,669
Total households47,544100.0100.030,232100.0100.0+17,311
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 families with children in Fraser Coast Regional Council in 2021 compared to Maryborough shows that there was a similar proportion of couples with young children, as well as a similar proportion of couples with older children.

Overall, 9.3% of total households with children were couple with young children, and 6.2% were couples with older children, compared with 9.3% and 6.7% respectively for Maryborough.

There were a smaller proportion of single parent households with young children and a smaller proportion of single parent households with older children. Overall, the proportion of single parent households with young children was 4.5% compared to 5.2% in Maryborough while the proportion of single parent households with older children was 5.0% compared to 6.2% in Maryborough.

Emerging groups

Between 2001 and 2021, the number of households with children increased by 3,670 households or 35.1%.

The largest changes in households with children in this area between 2001 and 2021 were:

  • Single parents with older children (+1,350 households)
  • Couples with older children (+1,022 households)
  • Single parents with young children (+477 households)
  • Couples with young children (+288 households)

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