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Toolern Vale

Household type

In Toolern Vale, 40.3% of households were made up of couples with children in 2021, compared with 64.2% in Aintree.

Toolern Vale'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.

To continue building the story, Toolern Vale's Household Summary should be viewed in conjunction with Households with Children, Households without Children, Household Size, Age Structure and Dwelling Type.

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Q:

Derived from the Census question:

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

Household type
Toolern Vale - Total households (Enumerated)20212016Change
Households by typeNumber%Aintree %Number%Aintree %2016 to 2021
Couples with children11640.364.210539.548.1+11
Couples without children8027.816.27126.724.7+9
One parent families248.37.5259.49.1-1
Other families0--0.80----0
Group household0--1.1103.85.2-10
Lone person5117.76.64215.83.9+9
Other not classifiable household175.93.3134.99.1+4
Visitor only households0--0.30----0
Total households288100.0100.0266100.0100.0+22
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
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Dominant groups

Analysis of the household/family types in Toolern Vale in 2021 compared to Aintree shows that there was a lower proportion of couple families with child(ren) as well as a higher proportion of one-parent families. Overall, 40.3% of total families were couple families with child(ren), and 8.3% were one-parent families, compared with 64.2% and 7.5% respectively for Aintree.

There were a higher proportion of lone person households and a higher proportion of couples without children. Overall, the proportion of lone person households was 17.7% compared to 6.6% in Aintree while the proportion of couples without children was 27.8% compared to 16.2% in Aintree.

Emerging groups

The number of households in Toolern Vale increased by 22 between 2016 and 2021.

There were no major differences in Toolern Vale between 2016 and 2021.

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