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Portsea - Sorrento - Blairgowrie

Households without children

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In Portsea - Sorrento - Blairgowrie, older couples without children account for 25% 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 Portsea - Sorrento - Blairgowrie, 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, Portsea - Sorrento - Blairgowrie's Household data should be viewed in conjunction with Household Size, Age Structure and Dwelling Type.

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Derived from the Census question:

'What is the person's relationship (to each other person in the household)?'

Households without children by life stage
Portsea - Sorrento - Blairgowrie - Households (Enumerated)20212006Change
Households without childrenNumber%Mornington Peninsula Shire %Number%Mornington Peninsula Shire %2006 to 2021
Couples without children1,06636.529.669036.229.1+376
Young couples without children481.63.8382.04.7+10
Middle-aged couples without children2739.38.725613.411.4+17
Older couples without children74525.517.139620.813.0+349
Lone person households72824.925.756929.824.5+159
Young lone persons602.13.1814.24.9-21
Middle-aged lone persons2117.27.71899.97.8+22
Older lone persons45715.614.929915.711.8+158
Group households250.91.7120.62.2+13
Total households without children1,81962.257.01,27166.655.7+548
Total households2,923100.0100.01,908100.0100.0+1,015
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2006 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 Portsea - Sorrento - Blairgowrie in 2021 compared to Mornington Peninsula Shire shows that there was a smaller proportion of young couples without children, a larger proportion of middle-aged couples without children, and a larger proportion of older couples without children.

In addition, there were a smaller 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 2006 and 2021, the number of households without children increased by 548.

The largest changes in households without children in Portsea - Sorrento - Blairgowrie, between 2006 and 2021 were:

  • Older couples without children (+349 persons)
  • Older lone persons (+158 persons)

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