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Rosebud - Capel Sound - McCrae - Boneo - Fingal - Cape Schanck

Households without children

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In Rosebud - Capel Sound - McCrae - Boneo - Fingal - Cape Schanck, older couples without children account for 17% of total households in 2021.

Households without Children include couples without children and lone person households. They require different services depending on the age of the people in the households. For example young couples who have not had children (yet) compared to older "empty nester" couples whose children may have left home.

For Households without Children in Rosebud - Capel Sound - McCrae - Boneo - Fingal - Cape Schanck, life stage is based on the age of the household reference person (usually person 1 on the Census form):

  • Young: Aged 15-44
  • Middle-aged: Aged 45-64
  • Older: Aged 65 and over

To continue building the story, Rosebud - Capel Sound - McCrae - Boneo - Fingal - Cape Schanck'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 without children by life stage
Rosebud - Capel Sound - McCrae - Boneo - Fingal - Cape Schanck - Households (Enumerated)20212016Change
Households without childrenNumber%Dromana - Safety Beach %Number%Dromana - Safety Beach %2016 to 2021
Couples without children3,16529.033.02,79528.433.0+370
Young couples without children4394.04.03233.34.0+116
Middle-aged couples without children8417.79.48058.29.6+36
Older couples without children1,88517.219.51,66717.019.4+218
Lone person households3,44631.526.83,18632.426.9+260
Young lone persons3623.33.43533.64.4+9
Middle-aged lone persons9538.78.78809.09.1+73
Older lone persons2,13119.514.61,95319.913.4+178
Group households2552.32.12282.32.4+27
Total households without children6,86662.861.96,20963.262.3+657
Total households10,929100.0100.09,830100.0100.0+1,099
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 households without children in Rosebud - Capel Sound - McCrae - Boneo - Fingal - Cape Schanck in 2021 compared to Dromana - Safety Beach shows that there was a similar proportion of young couples without children, a smaller proportion of middle-aged couples without children, and a smaller proportion of older couples without children.

In addition, there were a similar proportion of young lone person households, a similar proportion of middle-aged lone person households, and a larger proportion of older lone person households.

Emerging groups

Between 2016 and 2021, the number of households without children increased by 657.

The largest changes in households without children in Rosebud - Capel Sound - McCrae - Boneo - Fingal - Cape Schanck, between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • Older couples without children (+218 persons)
  • Older lone persons (+178 persons)
  • Young couples without children (+116 persons)
  • Middle-aged lone persons (+73 persons)

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