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Port Noarlunga South

Households with children

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There are 202 couples with young children in Port Noarlunga South in 2021, comprising 16.8% of households.

Households with Children require different services and facilities than other household types, and their needs change as both adults and children age. When many families in an area are at the same stage in their individual lifecycles, it creates a suburb lifecycle. Knowing where a suburb is in a cycle of change helps planners make evidence-based decisions about the demand for services both now and in the future.

For Households with Children in Port Noarlunga South, life stage is based on the age of children in the household. The age of the parent(s) is not taken into account.

  • Young children: Children aged under 15 only
  • Mixed age children: One or more children under 15 and one or more children over 15 (must have 2 or more children)
  • Older children: Children aged 15 and over only

To continue building the story, Port Noarlunga South'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 with children by life stage
Port Noarlunga South - Households (Enumerated)20212016Change
Households with childrenNumber%Coromandel East - Cherry Gardens - Chandlers Hill - Ironbank %Number%Coromandel East - Cherry Gardens - Chandlers Hill - Ironbank %2016 to 2021
Couples with children34428.742.832329.549.1+21
Couples with young children20216.815.817816.219.9+24
Couples with mixed-age children494.17.4343.17.5+15
Couples with older children937.819.611110.121.7-18
Single parents with children14011.75.012611.55.1+14
Single parents with young children655.41.8423.81.0+23
Single parents with mixed-age children151.30.6161.50.5-1
Single parents with older children605.02.7686.23.6-8
Total households with children48440.347.944941.054.2+35
Total households1,200100.0100.01,096100.0100.0+104
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 families with children in Port Noarlunga South in 2021 compared to Coromandel East - Cherry Gardens - Chandlers Hill - Ironbank shows that there was a larger proportion of couples with young children, and a smaller proportion of couples with older children.

Overall, 16.8% of total households with children were couple with young children, and 7.8% were couples with older children, compared with 15.8% and 19.6% respectively for Coromandel East - Cherry Gardens - Chandlers Hill - Ironbank.

There were a larger proportion of single parent households with young children and a larger proportion of single parent households with older children. Overall, the proportion of single parent households with young children was 5.4% compared to 1.8% in Coromandel East - Cherry Gardens - Chandlers Hill - Ironbank while the proportion of single parent households with older children was 5.0% compared to 2.7% in Coromandel East - Cherry Gardens - Chandlers Hill - Ironbank.

Emerging groups

Between 2016 and 2021, the number of households with children increased by 35 households or 7.8%.

There were no major differences between 2016 and 2021 in Port Noarlunga South.

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