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Diggers Rest – Plumpton

Households without children

In Diggers Rest – Plumpton, older couples without children account for 5% 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 Diggers Rest – Plumpton, 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, Diggers Rest – Plumpton'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
Diggers Rest – Plumpton - Households (Enumerated)20212016Change
Households without childrenNumber%Caroline Springs %Number%Caroline Springs %2016 to 2021
Couples without children54326.617.121723.117.2+325
Young couples without children32415.95.9848.97.5+240
Middle-aged couples without children1246.15.6758.05.4+49
Older couples without children954.75.6586.24.3+36
Lone person households41720.414.020621.912.6+210
Young lone persons1788.74.2677.25.6+110
Middle-aged lone persons1437.05.89810.44.4+45
Older lone persons964.74.0414.32.5+55
Group households462.31.8252.71.6+21
Total households without children1,00649.232.944947.731.4+556
Total households2,043100.0100.0942100.0100.0+1,100
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 Diggers Rest – Plumpton in 2021 compared to Caroline Springs shows that there was a larger proportion of young couples without children, a similar proportion of middle-aged couples without children, and a smaller 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 2016 and 2021, the number of households without children increased by 557.

The largest changes in households without children in Diggers Rest – Plumpton, between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • Young couples without children (+240 persons)
  • Young lone persons (+110 persons)
  • Older lone persons (+55 persons)

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