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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idThere are 224 couples with young children in Harrington and surrounds in 2021, comprising 7.0% of households.
Households with Children require different services and facilities than other household types, and their needs change as both adults and children age. When many families in an area are at the same stage in their individual lifecycles, it creates a suburb lifecycle. Knowing where a suburb is in a cycle of change helps planners make evidence-based decisions about the demand for services both now and in the future.
For Households with Children in Harrington and surrounds, life stage is based on the age of children in the household. The age of the parent(s) is not taken into account.
- Young children: Children aged under 15 only
- Mixed age children: One or more children under 15 and one or more children over 15 (must have 2 or more children)
- Older children: Children aged 15 and over only
To continue building the story, Harrington and surrounds'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)?'
Dominant groups
Analysis of the families with children in Harrington and surrounds in 2021 compared to Tea Gardens/Hawks Nest and surrounds shows that there was a larger proportion of couples with young children, as well as a larger proportion of couples with older children.
Overall, 7.0% of total households with children were couple with young children, and 5.9% were couples with older children, compared with 5.2% and 5.0% respectively for Tea Gardens/Hawks Nest and surrounds.
There were a larger proportion of single parent households with young children and a larger proportion of single parent households with older children. Overall, the proportion of single parent households with young children was 3.0% compared to 2.2% in Tea Gardens/Hawks Nest and surrounds while the proportion of single parent households with older children was 5.1% compared to 4.0% in Tea Gardens/Hawks Nest and surrounds.
Emerging groups
Between 2016 and 2021, the number of households with children increased by 30 households or 4.0%.
There were no major differences between 2016 and 2021 in Harrington and surrounds.
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