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South Bowenfels - Littleton - South Littleton

Households without children

In South Bowenfels - Littleton - South Littleton, older couples without children account for 18% 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 South Bowenfels - Littleton - South Littleton, 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, South Bowenfels - Littleton - South Littleton'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
South Bowenfels - Littleton - South Littleton - Households (Enumerated)20212016Change
Households without childrenNumber%Lithgow City %Number%Lithgow City %2016 to 2021
Couples without children30430.125.925328.824.9+50
Young couples without children464.63.5333.83.1+13
Middle-aged couples without children797.89.79210.510.3-14
Older couples without children17917.712.712814.511.5+51
Lone person households31030.731.624427.729.6+66
Young lone persons525.24.7364.14.5+16
Middle-aged lone persons656.410.6667.610.7-2
Older lone persons19319.116.314116.014.5+52
Group households202.02.3131.62.2+6
Total households without children63462.859.851158.056.7+122
Total households1,009100.0100.0881100.0100.0+127
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 South Bowenfels - Littleton - South Littleton in 2021 compared to Lithgow City shows that there was a larger 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 smaller 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 123.

The largest changes in households without children in South Bowenfels - Littleton - South Littleton, between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • Older lone persons (+52 persons)
  • Older couples without children (+51 persons)

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