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City of JoondalupCommunity profile

City of Joondalup

Household type

In the City of Joondalup, 46.3% of people aged 25 to 34 years were in couples with children households.

The City of Joondalup's household and family structure is one of the most important demographic indicators.

People form different types of households at different stages in life, so this varies enormously by age group in all areas. This topic is useful, however, in comparing the types of households formed by each age group relative to the benchmark. For instance, in some areas, children may mostly live in couple families, while in others they are mainly in one-parent families. Are elderly parents still living with their extended family or do they have empty nester households?

To continue building the story, the City of Joondalup's Household Types should be viewed in conjunction with Dwelling Type.

Q:

Derived from the Census question:

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

Household type
City of Joondalup - 25 to 34 years20212016Change
Households by typeNumber%Greater PerthNumber%Greater Perth2016 to 2021
Couples with children7,23146.338.97,49844.938.5-267
Couples without children4,46728.628.34,77528.629.0-308
One parent families1,3858.99.01,4208.57.9-35
Other families2371.52.13191.92.3-82
Group household8975.78.21,0516.38.6-154
Lone person1,0466.79.61,0426.27.8+4
Visitor only / Other non classifiable households3552.33.85773.55.8-222
Total people in private dwellings15,618100.0100.016,682100.0100.0-1,064
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 household/family types of people aged 25 to 34 years in the City of Joondalup in 2021 compared to Greater Perth, shows that there was a higher proportion of people aged 25 to 34 years in couple families with child(ren) as well as a similar proportion in one-parent families. Overall, 46.3% of people aged 25 to 34 years were in couple families with child(ren), and 8.9% were in one-parent families, compared with 38.9% and 9.0% respectively for Greater Perth.

There was a lower proportion of people aged 25 to 34 years in lone person households and a similar proportion in couples without children. Overall, the proportion of people aged 25 to 34 years in lone person households was 6.7% compared to 9.6% in Greater Perth while the proportion of couples without children was 28.6% compared to 28.3% in Greater Perth.

Emerging groups

The number of people aged 25 to 34 years in households in City of Joondalup decreased by 1,064 between 2016 and 2021.

The largest changes in family/household types for people aged 25 to 34 years in the City of Joondalup between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • Couples without children (-308 persons)
  • Couples with children (-267 persons)
  • Visitor only / Other non classifiable households (-222 persons)
  • Group household (-154 persons)

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