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City of Moonee ValleyCommunity profile

Airport West (N)

Households with children

There are 582 couples with young children in Airport West (N) in 2021, comprising 16.4% 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 Airport West (N), 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, Airport West (N)'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 with children by life stage
Airport West (N) - Households (Enumerated)20212016Change
Households with childrenNumber%Keilor East %Number%Keilor East %2016 to 2021
Couples with children99228.036.987027.538.5+122
Couples with young children58216.418.149115.518.8+91
Couples with mixed-age children962.74.5822.64.6+14
Couples with older children3148.914.32979.415.1+17
Single parents with children39711.212.037611.911.6+21
Single parents with young children1183.33.2812.62.7+37
Single parents with mixed-age children240.71.1290.90.8-5
Single parents with older children2557.27.72668.48.1-11
Total households with children1,38939.248.91,24639.450.1+143
Total households3,546100.0100.03,164100.0100.0+382
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 families with children in Airport West (N) in 2021 compared to Keilor East shows that there was a smaller proportion of couples with young children, as well as a smaller proportion of couples with older children.

Overall, 16.4% of total households with children were couple with young children, and 8.9% were couples with older children, compared with 18.1% and 14.3% respectively for Keilor East.

There were a similar proportion of single parent households with young children and a similar proportion of single parent households with older children. Overall, the proportion of single parent households with young children was 3.3% compared to 3.2% in Keilor East while the proportion of single parent households with older children was 7.2% compared to 7.7% in Keilor East.

Emerging groups

Between 2016 and 2021, the number of households with children increased by 143 households or 11.5%.

The largest change in households with children in this area between 2016 and 2021 was:

  • Couples with young children (+91 households)

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