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

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In Rosebud - Capel Sound - McCrae - Boneo - Fingal - Cape Schanck, 18.4% of households were made up of couples with children in 2021, compared with 33.8% in Somerville.

Rosebud - Capel Sound - McCrae - Boneo - Fingal - Cape Schanck's household and family structure is one of the most important demographic indicators. It reveals the area's residential role and function, era of settlement and provides key insights into the level of demand for services and facilities as most are related to age and household types.

To continue building the story, Rosebud - Capel Sound - McCrae - Boneo - Fingal - Cape Schanck's Household Summary should be viewed in conjunction with Households with Children, Households without Children, 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)?'

Household type
Rosebud - Capel Sound - McCrae - Boneo - Fingal - Cape Schanck - Total households (Enumerated)20212016Change
Households by typeNumber%Somerville %Number%Somerville %2016 to 2021
Couples with children2,01518.433.81,88919.234.4+126
Couples without children3,16529.026.72,79528.425.7+370
One parent families1,20311.011.41,04110.612.0+162
Other families890.80.9780.80.7+11
Group household2552.31.62282.31.7+27
Lone person3,44631.522.83,18632.420.8+260
Other not classifiable household4854.42.54164.24.1+69
Visitor only households2712.50.41972.00.6+74
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 household/family types in Rosebud - Capel Sound - McCrae - Boneo - Fingal - Cape Schanck in 2021 compared to Somerville shows that there was a lower proportion of couple families with child(ren) as well as a similar proportion of one-parent families. Overall, 18.4% of total families were couple families with child(ren), and 11.0% were one-parent families, compared with 33.8% and 11.4% respectively for Somerville.

There were a higher proportion of lone person households and a higher proportion of couples without children. Overall, the proportion of lone person households was 31.5% compared to 22.8% in Somerville while the proportion of couples without children was 29.0% compared to 26.7% in Somerville.

Emerging groups

The number of households in Rosebud - Capel Sound - McCrae - Boneo - Fingal - Cape Schanck increased by 1,099 between 2016 and 2021.

The largest changes in family/household types in Rosebud - Capel Sound - McCrae - Boneo - Fingal - Cape Schanck between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • Couples without children (+370 households)
  • Lone person (+260 households)
  • One parent families (+162 households)
  • Couples with children (+126 households)

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