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Brookfield

Households without children

In Brookfield, older couples without children account for 8% 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 Brookfield, 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, Brookfield'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
Brookfield - Households (Enumerated)20211991Change
Households without childrenNumber%Taylors Hill %Number%Taylors Hill %1991 to 2021
Couples without children69820.115.97520.723.8+622
Young couples without children2246.54.15013.78.7+174
Middle-aged couples without children2005.85.1256.911.9+175
Older couples without children2747.96.700.13.2+273
Lone person households59917.38.5215.97.1+577
Young lone persons1474.22.2154.34.8+131
Middle-aged lone persons1484.32.330.8--+145
Older lone persons3048.84.030.82.4+301
Group households611.80.882.22.4+53
Total households without children1,35839.125.210528.833.3+1,252
Total households3,472100.0100.0366100.0100.0+3,105
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 Brookfield in 2021 compared to Taylors Hill shows that there was a larger proportion of young couples without children, a larger proportion of middle-aged couples without children, and a larger 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 larger proportion of older lone person households.

Emerging groups

Between 1991 and 2021, the number of households without children increased by 1,253.

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

  • Older lone persons (+301 persons)
  • Older couples without children (+273 persons)
  • Middle-aged couples without children (+175 persons)
  • Young couples without children (+174 persons)

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