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City of Knox

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In the City of Knox, 33.4% of people reporting a need for assistance were in couples with children households.

The City of Knox's household and family structure is one of the most important demographic indicators. It reveals the area's residential role and function, era of settlement and provides key insights into the level of demand for services and facilities as most are related to age and household types.

For persons with a disability or need for assistance with core activities, the household type topic can reveal the extent to which they live alone (and therefore may require outside assistance) or have other family members available to assist. It is also likely to be correlated with age.

Please note that people with a disability living in an institutional form of accommodation (e.g. nursing home or hostel for the disabled) are not considered to be part of a household and are not included in this topic.

To continue building the story, the City of Knox's Household Summary should be viewed in conjunction with Age Structure and Dwelling Structure.

Q:

Derived from the Census question:

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

Household type
City of Knox - Need for assistance20212016Change
Households by typeNumber%Greater MelbourneNumber%Greater Melbourne2016 to 2021
Couples with children2,58733.432.62,21737.334.4+370
Couples without children1,99525.824.51,56126.325.4+434
One parent families1,47419.018.91,08618.318.2+388
Other families991.31.4530.91.3+46
Group household2733.53.51903.23.1+83
Lone person1,30916.919.182613.917.2+483
Other not classifiable household80.10.0100.20.4-2
Total people counted in private dwellings7,745100.0100.05,943100.0100.0+1,802
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 reporting a need for assistance in the City of Knox in 2021 compared to Greater Melbourne shows that there was a higher proportion of people needing assistance in couple families with child(ren) as well as a similar proportion in one-parent families. Overall, 33.4% of people reporting a need for assistance were in couple families with child(ren), and 19.0% were in one-parent families, compared with 32.6% and 18.9% respectively for Greater Melbourne.

There was a lower proportion of people reporting a need for assistance in lone person households and a higher proportion in couples without children. Overall, the proportion of people with a need for assistance in lone person households was 16.9% compared to 19.1% in Greater Melbourne while the proportion in couples without children was 25.8% compared to 24.5% in Greater Melbourne.

Emerging groups

The number people in private dwellings reporting a need for assistance in City of Knox increased by 1,802 between 2016 and 2021.

The largest changes in the family/household types of people reporting a need for assistance in the City of Knox between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • Lone person (+483 persons)
  • Couples without children (+434 persons)
  • One parent families (+388 persons)
  • Couples with children (+370 persons)

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