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Penfield - Penfield Gardens - MacDonald Park

Household type

In Penfield - Penfield Gardens - MacDonald Park, 22.5% of households were made up of couples with children in 2021, compared with 15.0% in Elizabeth North.

Penfield - Penfield Gardens - MacDonald Park's household and family structure is one of the most important demographic indicators. It reveals the area's residential role and function, era of settlement and provides key insights into the level of demand for services and facilities as most are related to age and household types.

To continue building the story, Penfield - Penfield Gardens - MacDonald Park's Household Summary should be viewed in conjunction with Households with Children, Households without Children, Household Size, Age Structure and Dwelling Type.

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Q:

Derived from the Census question:

'What is the person's relationship (to each other person in the household)?'

Household type
Penfield - Penfield Gardens - MacDonald Park - Total households (Enumerated)20212016Change
Households by typeNumber%Elizabeth North %Number%Elizabeth North %2016 to 2021
Couples with children14422.515.014629.115.0-2
Couples without children21834.113.516633.214.7+52
One parent families548.419.9448.818.3+10
Other families71.11.530.61.7+4
Group household91.54.851.14.8+4
Lone person16225.436.811823.738.0+44
Other not classifiable household416.48.0132.77.2+27
Visitor only households40.60.530.70.30
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).
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Dominant groups

Analysis of the household/family types in Penfield - Penfield Gardens - MacDonald Park in 2021 compared to Elizabeth North shows that there was a higher proportion of couple families with child(ren) as well as a lower proportion of one-parent families. Overall, 22.5% of total families were couple families with child(ren), and 8.4% were one-parent families, compared with 15.0% and 19.9% respectively for Elizabeth North.

There were a lower proportion of lone person households and a higher proportion of couples without children. Overall, the proportion of lone person households was 25.4% compared to 36.8% in Elizabeth North while the proportion of couples without children was 34.1% compared to 13.5% in Elizabeth North.

Emerging groups

The number of households in Penfield - Penfield Gardens - MacDonald Park increased by 139 between 2016 and 2021.

The largest change in family/household types in Penfield - Penfield Gardens - MacDonald Park between 2016 and 2021 was:

  • Couples without children (+52 households)

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