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Waverton

Households without children

In Waverton, older couples without children account for 10% 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 Waverton, 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, Waverton'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
Waverton - Households (Enumerated)20211996Change
Households without childrenNumber%Kurraba Point %Number%Kurraba Point %1996 to 2021
Couples without children43031.033.636725.028.4+63
Young couples without children21315.413.720413.915.9+8
Middle-aged couples without children795.79.3966.66.4-18
Older couples without children13810.010.7654.56.0+72
Lone person households41429.936.550534.438.1-91
Young lone persons977.014.422015.020.1-123
Middle-aged lone persons1359.710.714910.210.4-14
Older lone persons18213.111.41359.37.5+46
Group households1047.53.816011.09.2-57
Total households without children94868.473.91,03370.475.6-85
Total households1,386100.0100.01,466100.0100.0-81
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 1996 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 Waverton in 2021 compared to Kurraba Point shows that there was a larger proportion of young couples without children, a smaller proportion of middle-aged couples without children, and a smaller 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 larger proportion of older lone person households.

Emerging groups

Between 1996 and 2021, the number of households without children decreased by 85.

The largest changes in households without children in Waverton, between 1996 and 2021 were:

  • Young lone persons (-123 persons)
  • Older couples without children (+72 persons)
  • Group households (-57 persons)

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