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Hurstville (Remainder)

Households with children

There are 1,158 couples with young children in Hurstville (Remainder) in 2021, comprising 16.4% 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 Hurstville (Remainder), 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, Hurstville (Remainder)'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
Hurstville (Remainder) - Households (Enumerated)20212001Change
Households with childrenNumber%Allawah %Number%Allawah %2001 to 2021
Couples with children2,47835.229.62,22038.030.9+258
Couples with young children1,15816.417.21,14719.618.5+10
Couples with mixed-age children2753.92.23025.22.6-27
Couples with older children1,04514.810.277013.29.7+275
Single parents with children84912.011.261510.511.1+233
Single parents with young children2072.92.92253.94.3-19
Single parents with mixed-age children701.00.9671.10.7+3
Single parents with older children5728.17.43235.56.1+249
Total households with children3,32747.240.82,83648.542.0+491
Total households7,047100.0100.05,850100.0100.0+1,196
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 Hurstville (Remainder) in 2021 compared to Allawah shows that there was a smaller proportion of couples with young children, and a larger proportion of couples with older children.

Overall, 16.4% of total households with children were couple with young children, and 14.8% were couples with older children, compared with 17.2% and 10.2% respectively for Allawah.

There were a similar proportion of single parent households with young children and a larger proportion of single parent households with older children. Overall, the proportion of single parent households with young children was 2.9% compared to 2.9% in Allawah while the proportion of single parent households with older children was 8.1% compared to 7.4% in Allawah.

Emerging groups

Between 2001 and 2021, the number of households with children increased by 491 households or 17.3%.

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

  • Couples with older children (+275 households)
  • Single parents with older children (+249 households)

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