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Northern Beaches Council area

Household type

In the Northern Beaches Council, 73.0% of people aged 12 to 24 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 - 12 to 24 years20212016Change
Households by typeNumber%Greater SydneyNumber%Greater Sydney2016 to 2021
Couples with children29,64373.063.025,32170.760.8+4,322
Couples without children1,5693.95.81,6794.76.2-110
One parent families6,23515.418.05,43015.217.8+805
Other families4361.11.95471.52.3-111
Group household1,1772.95.11,0062.86.7+171
Lone person5931.52.35961.72.1-3
Visitor only / Other non classifiable households9562.43.91,2463.54.1-290
Total people in private dwellings40,609100.0100.035,825100.0100.0+4,784
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 people aged 12 to 24 years in the Northern Beaches Council in 2021 compared to Greater Sydney, shows that there was a higher proportion of people aged 12 to 24 years in couple families with child(ren) as well as a lower proportion in one-parent families. Overall, 73.0% of people aged 12 to 24 years were in couple families with child(ren), and 15.4% were in one-parent families, compared with 63.0% and 18.0% respectively for Greater Sydney.

There was a lower proportion of people aged 12 to 24 years in lone person households and a lower proportion in couples without children. Overall, the proportion of people aged 12 to 24 years in lone person households was 1.5% compared to 2.3% in Greater Sydney while the proportion of couples without children was 3.9% compared to 5.8% in Greater Sydney.

Emerging groups

The number of people aged 12 to 24 years in households in Northern Beaches Council area increased by 4,784 between 2016 and 2021.

The largest changes in family/household types for people aged 12 to 24 years in Northern Beaches Council area between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • Couples with children (+4,322 persons)
  • One parent families (+805 persons)
  • Visitor only / Other non classifiable households (-290 persons)
  • Group household (+171 persons)

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