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Households without children

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In National Growth Areas Alliance (NGAA), older couples without children account for 8% 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 National Growth Areas Alliance (NGAA), 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, National Growth Areas Alliance (NGAA)'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
National Growth Areas Alliance (NGAA) - Households (Enumerated)20212016Change
Households without childrenNumber%City of Whittlesea %Number%City of Whittlesea %2016 to 2021
Couples without children403,79022.421.3341,87222.621.6+61,918
Young couples without children124,4916.97.7103,7116.97.8+20,780
Middle-aged couples without children128,4547.15.3116,6587.75.8+11,796
Older couples without children150,8458.48.2121,5038.07.9+29,342
Lone person households332,66518.517.5260,17317.215.7+72,492
Young lone persons90,1895.05.369,2494.65.1+20,940
Middle-aged lone persons111,0636.25.791,4066.05.1+19,657
Older lone persons131,4137.36.699,5186.65.5+31,895
Group households44,8932.52.538,2812.52.5+6,612
Total households without children781,34843.441.3640,32642.339.8+141,022
Total households1,801,386100.0100.01,512,393100.0100.0+288,993
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 National Growth Areas Alliance (NGAA) in 2021 compared to the City of Whittlesea 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 similar 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 2016 and 2021, the number of households without children increased by 141,022.

The largest changes in households without children in National Growth Areas Alliance (NGAA), between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • Older lone persons (+31,895 persons)
  • Older couples without children (+29,342 persons)
  • Young lone persons (+20,940 persons)
  • Young couples without children (+20,780 persons)

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