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Hills South District

Households without children

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In the Hills South District, older couples without children account for 19% 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 the Hills South District, 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, the Hills South District'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
Hills South District - Households (Enumerated)20212011Change
Households without childrenNumber%Clarendon - Kangarilla - Blewitt Springs - Kuitpo - Dorset Vale %Number%Clarendon - Kangarilla - Blewitt Springs - Kuitpo - Dorset Vale %2011 to 2021
Couples without children1,29734.836.51,04231.936.2+255
Young couples without children1153.13.31043.25.2+10
Middle-aged couples without children46812.515.243913.420.0+28
Older couples without children71419.118.049715.211.0+216
Lone person households76720.616.368020.817.7+86
Young lone persons711.92.11053.25.1-35
Middle-aged lone persons2085.65.72216.88.0-14
Older lone persons48813.18.635210.84.6+135
Group households371.01.0571.8---21
Total households without children2,10156.353.71,78154.453.8+320
Total households3,731100.0100.03,272100.0100.0+459
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2011 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 the Hills South District in 2021 compared to Clarendon - Kangarilla - Blewitt Springs - Kuitpo - Dorset Vale shows that there was a similar proportion of young couples without children, a smaller proportion of middle-aged couples without children, and a larger proportion of older couples without children.

In addition, there were a similar proportion of young lone person households, a similar proportion of middle-aged lone person households, and a larger proportion of older lone person households.

Emerging groups

Between 2011 and 2021, the number of households without children increased by 320.

The largest changes in households without children in the Hills South District, between 2011 and 2021 were:

  • Older couples without children (+216 persons)
  • Older lone persons (+135 persons)

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