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Gunnedah Shire CouncilCommunity profile

Gunnedah (South)

Households without children

In Gunnedah (South), 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 Gunnedah (South), 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, Gunnedah (South)'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
Gunnedah (South) - Households (Enumerated)20212016Change
Households without childrenNumber%Gunnedah Shire %Number%Gunnedah Shire %2016 to 2021
Couples without children80224.624.578626.626.1+16
Young couples without children1715.35.01705.85.40
Middle-aged couples without children2738.49.02709.210.2+2
Older couples without children35811.010.534411.710.4+13
Lone person households82125.225.077426.326.1+46
Young lone persons1935.96.11465.05.4+46
Middle-aged lone persons2226.87.32408.18.5-18
Older lone persons40612.511.638713.112.2+18
Group households942.92.8672.32.3+27
Total households without children1,71752.852.31,62855.254.5+89
Total households3,254100.0100.02,950100.0100.0+303
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 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 Gunnedah (South) in 2021 compared to Gunnedah Shire shows that there was a similar proportion of young couples without children, a smaller proportion of middle-aged couples without children, and a larger proportion of older couples without children.

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

Emerging groups

Between 2016 and 2021, the number of households without children increased by 89.

There were no major differences in Gunnedah (South) between 2016 and 2021.

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