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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idIn the City of Playford, older couples without children account for 7% 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 City of Playford, 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 City of Playford'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)?'
Dominant groups
Analysis of the households without children in the City of Playford in 2021 compared to Greater Adelaide shows that there was a smaller proportion of young couples without children, a similar proportion of middle-aged couples without children, and a smaller proportion of older couples without children.
In addition, there were a larger proportion of young lone person households, a similar proportion of middle-aged lone person households, and a smaller proportion of older lone person households.
Emerging groups
Between 1996 and 2021, the number of households without children increased by 6,735.
The largest changes in households without children in the City of Playford, between 1996 and 2021 were:
- Middle-aged lone persons (+1,979 persons)
- Older lone persons (+1,684 persons)
- Older couples without children (+930 persons)
- Young couples without children (+734 persons)
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