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City of Knox

Household type

In the City of Knox, 88.0% of children aged 0 to 4 years were in couples with children households.

The City of Knox'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 Knox'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 Knox - 0 to 4 years20212016Change
Households by typeNumber%City of Knox - Total populationNumber%City of Knox - Total population2016 to 2021
Couples with children7,42388.054.97,73585.956.3-312
Couples without children500.619.91311.519.0-81
One parent families7438.811.88008.911.5-57
Other families40.00.980.10.9-4
Group household00.02.160.11.9-6
Lone person190.28.2340.47.7-15
Visitor only / Other non classifiable households2002.42.32863.22.7-86
Total people in private dwellings8,439100.0100.09,000100.0100.0-561
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
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Dominant groups

Analysis of the household/family types of children aged 0 to 4 years in the City of Knox in 2021 compared to the total population in the City of Knox, shows that there was a higher proportion of children aged 0 to 4 years in couple families with child(ren) as well as a lower proportion in one-parent families. Overall, 88.0% of children aged 0 to 4 years were in couple families with child(ren), and 8.8% were in one-parent families, compared with 54.9% and 11.8% respectively for the total population in the City of Knox.

There was a lower proportion of children aged 0 to 4 years in lone person households and a lower proportion in couples without children. Overall, the proportion of children aged 0 to 4 years in lone person households was 0.2% compared to 8.2% in the total population in the City of Knox while the proportion of couples without children was 0.6% compared to 19.9% in the total population in the City of Knox.

Emerging groups

The number of children aged 0 to 4 years in households in City of Knox decreased by 561 between 2016 and 2021.

The largest changes in family/household types for children aged 0 to 4 years in the City of Knox between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • Couples with children (-312 persons)
  • Visitor only / Other non classifiable households (-86 persons)
  • Couples without children (-81 persons)
  • One parent families (-57 persons)

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