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Balnarring - Balnarring Beach - Merricks - Merricks Beach - Somers

Households without children

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In Balnarring - Balnarring Beach - Merricks - Merricks Beach - Somers, older couples without children account for 21% 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 Balnarring - Balnarring Beach - Merricks - Merricks Beach - Somers, 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, Balnarring - Balnarring Beach - Merricks - Merricks Beach - Somers'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
Balnarring - Balnarring Beach - Merricks - Merricks Beach - Somers - Households (Enumerated)20212016Change
Households without childrenNumber%Mornington Peninsula Shire %Number%Mornington Peninsula Shire %2016 to 2021
Couples without children69333.929.660033.228.6+93
Young couples without children542.63.8532.93.9+1
Middle-aged couples without children21410.58.723513.09.1-22
Older couples without children42520.817.131117.215.6+113
Lone person households43021.125.740222.225.5+28
Young lone persons361.83.1512.93.6-16
Middle-aged lone persons1376.77.71407.88.1-3
Older lone persons25712.614.921011.613.8+47
Group households211.01.7130.71.9+8
Total households without children1,14456.057.01,01556.156.0+128
Total households2,042100.0100.01,809100.0100.0+233
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 households without children in Balnarring - Balnarring Beach - Merricks - Merricks Beach - Somers 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 smaller proportion of middle-aged lone person households, and a smaller proportion of older lone person households.

Emerging groups

Between 2016 and 2021, the number of households without children increased by 129.

The largest change in households without children in Balnarring - Balnarring Beach - Merricks - Merricks Beach - Somers, between 2016 and 2021 was:

  • Older couples without children (+113 persons)

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