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Jacobs Well - Alberton

Households without children

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In Jacobs Well - Alberton, older couples without children account for 12% 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 Jacobs Well - Alberton, 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, Jacobs Well - Alberton's Household data should be viewed in conjunction with Household Size, Age Structure and Dwelling Type.

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Derived from the Census question:

'What is the person's relationship (to each other person in the household)?'

Households without children by life stage
Jacobs Well - Alberton - Households (Enumerated)20211991Change
Households without childrenNumber%Division 07 %Number%Division 07 %1991 to 2021
Couples without children57032.924.920729.4--+362
Young couples without children1025.96.9537.6--+48
Middle-aged couples without children26915.58.19112.9--+178
Older couples without children19911.510.0628.9--+136
Lone person households27816.124.811616.5--+161
Young lone persons482.85.4456.4--+3
Middle-aged lone persons1146.68.8355.0--+79
Older lone persons1166.710.7365.1--+80
Group households452.65.6223.2--+22
Total households without children89351.655.334649.1--+546
Total households1,730100.0100.0706100.0--+1,024
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 Jacobs Well - Alberton in 2021 compared to Division 07 shows that there was a smaller proportion of young couples without children, a larger proportion of middle-aged couples without children, and a larger proportion of older couples without children.

In addition, there were a smaller proportion of young lone person households, a smaller 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 547.

The largest changes in households without children in Jacobs Well - Alberton, between 1991 and 2021 were:

  • Middle-aged couples without children (+178 persons)
  • Older couples without children (+136 persons)
  • Older lone persons (+80 persons)
  • Middle-aged lone persons (+79 persons)

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