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Templestowe Lower

Households without children

In Templestowe Lower, older couples without children account for 16% 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 Templestowe Lower, 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, Templestowe Lower'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
Templestowe Lower - Households (Enumerated)20212016Change
Households without childrenNumber%City of Manningham %Number%City of Manningham %2016 to 2021
Couples without children1,36826.526.71,29426.426.2+74
Young couples without children2524.95.52414.95.2+11
Middle-aged couples without children2765.46.22485.16.3+28
Older couples without children84016.315.180416.414.7+36
Lone person households97919.019.790718.518.0+71
Young lone persons1472.94.21362.83.8+10
Middle-aged lone persons2314.54.92264.64.4+5
Older lone persons60111.710.654411.19.8+56
Group households901.71.9861.82.1+3
Total households without children2,43747.348.42,28846.646.2+148
Total households5,156100.0100.04,909100.0100.0+247
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 Templestowe Lower in 2021 compared to the City of Manningham shows that there was a smaller 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 smaller proportion of young lone person households, a similar 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 149.

The largest change in households without children in Templestowe Lower, between 2016 and 2021 was:

  • Older lone persons (+56 persons)

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