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Guanaba - Springbrook

Households without children

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In Guanaba - Springbrook, older couples without children account for 11% 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 Guanaba - Springbrook, 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, Guanaba - Springbrook'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
Guanaba - Springbrook - Households (Enumerated)20211991Change
Households without childrenNumber%Helensvale %Number%Helensvale %1991 to 2021
Couples without children48930.327.026327.628.7+225
Young couples without children905.65.2838.78.3+7
Middle-aged couples without children21713.510.212212.811.6+95
Older couples without children18211.311.5586.18.8+124
Lone person households32019.916.215216.010.2+167
Young lone persons513.22.3798.32.0-29
Middle-aged lone persons1459.04.6424.52.7+102
Older lone persons1247.79.3303.25.5+94
Group households422.62.6272.92.3+14
Total households without children85152.845.844446.541.3+407
Total households1,612100.0100.0954100.0100.0+657
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 1991 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 Guanaba - Springbrook in 2021 compared to Helensvale shows that there was a similar proportion of young couples without children, a larger proportion of middle-aged couples without children, and a similar 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 smaller proportion of older lone person households.

Emerging groups

Between 1991 and 2021, the number of households without children increased by 407.

The largest changes in households without children in Guanaba - Springbrook, between 1991 and 2021 were:

  • Older couples without children (+124 persons)
  • Middle-aged lone persons (+102 persons)
  • Middle-aged couples without children (+95 persons)
  • Older lone persons (+94 persons)

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