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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)20211991Change
Households without childrenNumber%Greater Sydney %Number%Greater Sydney %1991 to 2021
Couples without children403,79022.423.3146,14221.021.3+257,647
Young couples without children124,4916.98.859,3008.58.0+65,191
Middle-aged couples without children128,4547.15.952,4637.56.5+75,990
Older couples without children150,8458.48.634,3794.96.8+116,466
Lone person households332,66518.522.283,59512.019.3+249,069
Young lone persons90,1895.06.830,4454.46.4+59,743
Middle-aged lone persons111,0636.26.724,0113.45.0+87,051
Older lone persons131,4137.38.729,1384.27.9+102,275
Group households44,8932.54.017,4062.55.2+27,487
Total households without children781,34843.449.6247,14435.445.8+534,203
Total households1,801,386100.0100.0697,525100.0100.0+1,103,861
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 1991 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 Greater Sydney 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 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 1991 and 2021, the number of households without children increased by 534,204.

The largest changes in households without children in National Growth Areas Alliance (NGAA), between 1991 and 2021 were:

  • Older couples without children (+116,466 persons)
  • Older lone persons (+102,275 persons)
  • Middle-aged lone persons (+87,051 persons)
  • Middle-aged couples without children (+75,990 persons)

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