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Northern Beaches Council area

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In the Northern Beaches Council, 7.6% of households were made up of couples with children compared with 15.5% in Greater Sydney.

The Northern Beaches Council's household and family structure is one of the most important demographic indicators. It reveals the area's residential role and function, era of settlement and provides key insights into the level of demand for services and facilities as most are related to age and household types.

This topic breaks down household and family type specifically for those households on low incomes (relative to national averages). There may be correlations with specific household types. For example, an area with many pensioners on low incomes is likely to have a large number of couples without children and lone person households.

Note that household income is connected to household size - the potential for a lone person household to have a high income is less than for a household containing 5 adults. This may skew the results a little to the smaller household types when comparing to the total population, but should not affect geographic comparisons.

To continue building the story, the Northern Beaches Council's household and family types should be viewed in conjunction with Age Structure and Dwelling Types.

Q:

Derived from the Census question:

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

Household type
Northern Beaches Council - Low income households20212016Change
Households by typeNumber%Greater SydneyNumber%Greater Sydney2016 to 2021
Couples with children7287.615.51,21011.520.0-482
Couples without children2,47025.622.62,39022.720.6+80
One parent families9469.814.21,26912.015.6-323
Other families760.81.0980.91.4-22
Group household1191.22.11321.33.6-13
Lone person5,29355.044.55,43651.638.7-143
Total low income households9,632100.0100.010,535100.0100.0-903
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 low income households in the Northern Beaches Council in 2021 compared to Greater Sydney shows that there was a lower proportion of couple families with child(ren) as well as a lower proportion in one-parent families. Overall, 7.6% of low income households were couple families with child(ren), and 9.8% one-parent families, compared with 15.5% and 14.2% respectively for Greater Sydney.

There were a higher proportion of lone person households and a higher proportion of couples without children. Overall, the proportion of low income lone person households was 55.0% compared to 44.5% for Greater Sydney while the proportion in couples without children was 25.6% compared to 22.6% for Greater Sydney.

Emerging groups

The number of low income households in Northern Beaches Council area decreased by 903 between 2016 and 2021.

The largest changes in family/household types of low income households in Northern Beaches Council area between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • Couples with children (-482 households)
  • One parent families (-323 households)
  • Lone person (-143 households)
  • Couples without children (+80 households)

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