idc-logo
svg rectangle color
Mornington Peninsula ShireCommunity profile

Mount Eliza

Households without children

reset

In Mount Eliza, older couples without children account for 18% 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 Mount Eliza, 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, Mount Eliza'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
Mount Eliza - Households (Enumerated)20212001Change
Households without childrenNumber%Briars Ward %Number%Briars Ward %2001 to 2021
Couples without children1,88629.329.11,70129.829.1+185
Young couples without children1161.83.02163.85.7-100
Middle-aged couples without children5919.28.177013.511.4-179
Older couples without children1,17918.318.071512.511.9+464
Lone person households1,05816.423.990115.821.8+157
Young lone persons641.02.11682.94.8-104
Middle-aged lone persons2493.96.32504.46.1-1
Older lone persons74511.615.64838.510.9+262
Group households651.01.3881.52.0-23
Total households without children3,00946.754.32,69047.152.9+319
Total households6,444100.0100.05,710100.0100.0+734
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2001 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
Please refer to specific data notes for more information

Dominant groups

Analysis of the households without children in Mount Eliza in 2021 compared to Briars Ward shows that there was a smaller proportion of young couples without children, a larger proportion of middle-aged couples without children, and a similar proportion of older couples without children.

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

Emerging groups

Between 2001 and 2021, the number of households without children increased by 319.

The largest changes in households without children in Mount Eliza, between 2001 and 2021 were:

  • Older couples without children (+464 persons)
  • Older lone persons (+262 persons)
  • Middle-aged couples without children (-179 persons)
  • Young lone persons (-104 persons)

DISCLAIMER: While all due care has been taken to ensure that the content of this website is accurate and current, there may be errors or omissions in it and no legal responsibility is accepted for the information and opinions in this website.

Please view our Privacy Policy, Terms of use and Legal notices. Stats NZ Data and the copyright in the Stats NZ Data remains the property of the Statistics New Zealand.

The copyright in the way .id has modified, transformed or reconfigured the Stats NZ Data as published on this website remains the property of .id. Stats NZ Data can be accessed on the Statistics New Zealand website at www.stats.govt.nz. Unless otherwise specified, content that Stats NZ produce is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence. For further information see https://www.stats.govt.nz/about-us/copyright/.