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Pacific Palms - Coomba Park area

Household type

In Pacific Palms - Coomba Park area, 16.5% of households were made up of couples with children in 2021, compared with 22.8% in Northern Rural.

Pacific Palms - Coomba Park area'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, Pacific Palms - Coomba Park area'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
Pacific Palms - Coomba Park area - Total households (Enumerated)20212011Change
Households by typeNumber%Northern Rural %Number%Northern Rural %2011 to 2021
Couples with children30716.522.825919.525.5+48
Couples without children60532.532.343132.533.2+174
One parent families1699.110.716312.39.8+6
Other families130.70.830.20.7+10
Group household422.32.6362.72.9+6
Lone person45024.221.934325.921.5+107
Other not classifiable household1276.86.1382.95.1+89
Visitor only households1467.92.9534.01.3+93
Total households1,859100.0100.01,326100.0100.0+533
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2011 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
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Dominant groups

Analysis of the household/family types in Pacific Palms - Coomba Park area in 2021 compared to Northern Rural shows that there was a lower proportion of couple families with child(ren) as well as a lower proportion of one-parent families. Overall, 16.5% of total families were couple families with child(ren), and 9.1% were one-parent families, compared with 22.8% and 10.7% respectively for Northern Rural.

There were a higher proportion of lone person households and a similar proportion of couples without children. Overall, the proportion of lone person households was 24.2% compared to 21.9% in Northern Rural while the proportion of couples without children was 32.5% compared to 32.3% in Northern Rural.

Emerging groups

The number of households in Pacific Palms - Coomba Park area increased by 533 between 2011 and 2021.

The largest changes in family/household types in Pacific Palms - Coomba Park area between 2011 and 2021 were:

  • Couples without children (+174 households)
  • Lone person (+107 households)

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