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In the MidCoast Council, 19.4% of people reporting a need for assistance were in couples with children households.

The MidCoast Council'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.

For persons with a disability or need for assistance with core activities, the household type topic can reveal the extent to which they live alone (and therefore may require outside assistance) or have other family members available to assist. It is also likely to be correlated with age.

Please note that people with a disability living in an institutional form of accommodation (e.g. nursing home or hostel for the disabled) are not considered to be part of a household and are not included in this topic.

To continue building the story, the MidCoast Council's Household Summary should be viewed in conjunction with Age Structure and Dwelling Structure.

Q:

Derived from the Census question:

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

Household type
MidCoast Council - Need for assistance20212016Change
Households by typeNumber%Regional NSWNumber%Regional NSW2016 to 2021
Couples with children1,46819.424.71,37421.325.0+94
Couples without children2,62134.728.82,35936.630.6+262
One parent families1,33917.719.61,12417.418.3+215
Other families1121.51.5741.11.4+38
Group household4716.24.73004.74.0+171
Lone person1,54720.520.71,13917.719.6+408
Other not classifiable household30.00.1761.21.1-73
Total people counted in private dwellings7,561100.0100.06,446100.0100.0+1,115
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 household/family types of people reporting a need for assistance in the MidCoast Council in 2021 compared to Regional NSW shows that there was a lower proportion of people needing assistance in couple families with child(ren) as well as a lower proportion in one-parent families. Overall, 19.4% of people reporting a need for assistance were in couple families with child(ren), and 17.7% were in one-parent families, compared with 24.7% and 19.6% respectively for Regional NSW.

There was a similar proportion of people reporting a need for assistance in lone person households and a higher proportion in couples without children. Overall, the proportion of people with a need for assistance in lone person households was 20.5% compared to 20.7% in Regional NSW while the proportion in couples without children was 34.7% compared to 28.8% in Regional NSW.

Emerging groups

The number people in private dwellings reporting a need for assistance in MidCoast Council increased by 1,115 between 2016 and 2021.

The largest changes in the family/household types of people reporting a need for assistance in MidCoast Council area between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • Lone person (+408 persons)
  • Couples without children (+262 persons)
  • One parent families (+215 persons)
  • Group household (+171 persons)

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