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Northern Beaches Council area

Household type

In the Northern Beaches Council, 91.4% of children aged 0 to 4 years were in couples with children households.

The Northern Beaches Council's household and family structure is one of the most important demographic indicators.

People form different types of households at different stages in life, so this varies enormously by age group in all areas. This topic is useful, however, in comparing the types of households formed by each age group relative to the benchmark. For instance, in some areas, children may mostly live in couple families, while in others they are mainly in one-parent families. Are elderly parents still living with their extended family or do they have empty nester households?

To continue building the story, the Northern Beaches Council's Household Types should be viewed in conjunction with Dwelling Type.

Q:

Derived from the Census question:

'What is the person's relationship (to each other person in the household)?'

Household type
Northern Beaches Council - 0 to 4 years20212016Change
Households by typeNumber%Northern Beaches Council area - Total populationNumber%Northern Beaches Council area - Total population2016 to 2021
Couples with children12,80791.455.613,96090.055.8-1,153
Couples without children940.721.01801.220.0-86
One parent families7525.48.87234.78.5+29
Other families00.00.790.10.7-9
Group household40.02.890.12.8-5
Lone person340.28.6480.38.3-14
Visitor only / Other non classifiable households3272.32.65893.84.0-262
Total people in private dwellings14,018100.0100.015,518100.0100.0-1,500
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 household/family types of children aged 0 to 4 years in the Northern Beaches Council in 2021 compared to the total population in the Northern Beaches Council, shows that there was a higher proportion of children aged 0 to 4 years in couple families with child(ren) as well as a lower proportion in one-parent families. Overall, 91.4% of children aged 0 to 4 years were in couple families with child(ren), and 5.4% were in one-parent families, compared with 55.6% and 8.8% respectively for the total population in the Northern Beaches Council.

There was a lower proportion of children aged 0 to 4 years in lone person households and a lower proportion in couples without children. Overall, the proportion of children aged 0 to 4 years in lone person households was 0.2% compared to 8.6% in the total population in the Northern Beaches Council while the proportion of couples without children was 0.7% compared to 21.0% in the total population in the Northern Beaches Council.

Emerging groups

The number of children aged 0 to 4 years in households in Northern Beaches Council area decreased by 1,500 between 2016 and 2021.

The largest changes in family/household types for children aged 0 to 4 years in Northern Beaches Council area between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • Couples with children (-1,153 persons)
  • Visitor only / Other non classifiable households (-262 persons)
  • Couples without children (-86 persons)

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