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Elizabeth Grove

Households with children

There are 97 couples with young children in Elizabeth Grove in 2021, comprising 9.3% 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 Elizabeth Grove, 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, Elizabeth Grove'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
Elizabeth Grove - Households (Enumerated)20212016Change
Households with childrenNumber%Elizabeth South %Number%Elizabeth South %2016 to 2021
Couples with children19118.215.617116.515.2+20
Couples with young children979.38.2787.58.0+19
Couples with mixed-age children434.13.3403.93.2+3
Couples with older children514.94.2535.14.1-2
Single parents with children18017.221.920019.321.2-20
Single parents with young children726.98.8777.47.5-5
Single parents with mixed-age children252.43.1333.23.2-8
Single parents with older children837.99.9908.710.5-7
Total households with children37135.437.537135.836.40
Total households1,047100.0100.01,036100.0100.0+11
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 Elizabeth Grove in 2021 compared to Elizabeth South shows that there was a larger proportion of couples with young children, as well as a larger proportion of couples with older children.

Overall, 9.3% of total households with children were couple with young children, and 4.9% were couples with older children, compared with 8.2% and 4.2% respectively for Elizabeth South.

There were a smaller proportion of single parent households with young children and a smaller proportion of single parent households with older children. Overall, the proportion of single parent households with young children was 6.9% compared to 8.8% in Elizabeth South while the proportion of single parent households with older children was 7.9% compared to 9.9% in Elizabeth South.

Emerging groups

Between 2016 and 2021, the number of households with children remained stable 0 households or 0.0%.

There were no major differences between 2016 and 2021 in Elizabeth Grove.

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