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Craigie

Households without children

In Craigie, older couples without children account for 7% 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 Craigie, 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, Craigie'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
Craigie - Households (Enumerated)20211991Change
Households without childrenNumber%Marmion %Number%Marmion %1991 to 2021
Couples without children68025.431.047720.321.2+203
Young couples without children32112.03.423610.15.7+85
Middle-aged couples without children1595.910.21295.58.4+30
Older couples without children2007.517.41124.87.1+88
Lone person households66224.716.827911.911.5+383
Young lone persons2188.11.51466.23.6+72
Middle-aged lone persons2368.83.7632.72.8+173
Older lone persons2087.811.6703.05.1+138
Group households1104.11.7944.02.4+16
Total households without children1,45254.149.685036.235.1+602
Total households2,682100.0100.02,348100.0100.0+334
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 Craigie in 2021 compared to Marmion shows that there was a larger proportion of young couples without children, a smaller proportion of middle-aged couples without children, and a smaller 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 602.

The largest changes in households without children in Craigie, between 1991 and 2021 were:

  • Middle-aged lone persons (+173 persons)
  • Older lone persons (+138 persons)
  • Older couples without children (+88 persons)
  • Young couples without children (+85 persons)

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