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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idIn Mount Martha, 36.0% of households were made up of couples with children in 2021, compared with 18.4% in Rosebud - Capel Sound - McCrae - Boneo - Fingal - Cape Schanck.
Mount Martha'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, Mount Martha'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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Q:
Derived from the Census question:
'What is the person's relationship (to each other person in the household)?'
Dominant groups
Analysis of the household/family types in Mount Martha in 2021 compared to Rosebud - Capel Sound - McCrae - Boneo - Fingal - Cape Schanck shows that there was a higher proportion of couple families with child(ren) as well as a lower proportion of one-parent families. Overall, 36.0% of total families were couple families with child(ren), and 8.8% were one-parent families, compared with 18.4% and 11.0% respectively for Rosebud - Capel Sound - McCrae - Boneo - Fingal - Cape Schanck.
There were a lower proportion of lone person households and a higher proportion of couples without children. Overall, the proportion of lone person households was 20.0% compared to 31.5% in Rosebud - Capel Sound - McCrae - Boneo - Fingal - Cape Schanck while the proportion of couples without children was 29.9% compared to 29.0% in Rosebud - Capel Sound - McCrae - Boneo - Fingal - Cape Schanck.
Emerging groups
The number of households in Mount Martha increased by 2,083 between 2006 and 2021.
The largest changes in family/household types in Mount Martha between 2006 and 2021 were:
- Couples with children (+737 households)
- Couples without children (+554 households)
- Lone person (+513 households)
- One parent families (+205 households)
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