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Penfield - Penfield Gardens - MacDonald Park

Households without children

In Penfield - Penfield Gardens - MacDonald Park, older couples without children account for 21% 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 Penfield - Penfield Gardens - MacDonald Park, 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, Penfield - Penfield Gardens - MacDonald Park'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
Penfield - Penfield Gardens - MacDonald Park - Households (Enumerated)20212016Change
Households without childrenNumber%Munno Para West - Downs %Number%Munno Para West - Downs %2016 to 2021
Couples without children21834.120.616633.220.7+52
Young couples without children314.811.891.812.1+22
Middle-aged couples without children558.65.2479.55.7+8
Older couples without children13220.63.611022.02.8+22
Lone person households16325.418.211823.715.7+44
Young lone persons122.09.851.18.9+7
Middle-aged lone persons447.05.7346.85.3+11
Older lone persons10516.52.77915.71.5+27
Group households91.53.451.14.6+4
Total households without children39161.042.229158.041.0+100
Total households641100.0100.0502100.0100.0+139
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 households without children in Penfield - Penfield Gardens - MacDonald Park in 2021 compared to Munno Para West - Downs shows that there was a smaller proportion of young couples without children, a larger proportion of middle-aged couples without children, and a larger proportion of older couples without children.

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

Emerging groups

Between 2016 and 2021, the number of households without children increased by 100.

There were no major differences in Penfield - Penfield Gardens - MacDonald Park between 2016 and 2021.

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