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Rockhampton Regional CouncilCommunity profile

Rockhampton

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In Rockhampton Regional Council, 7.0% of households were made up of couples with children compared with 8.6% in Regional QLD.

Rockhampton Regional Council'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.

This topic breaks down household and family type specifically for those households on low incomes (relative to national averages). There may be correlations with specific household types. For example, an area with many pensioners on low incomes is likely to have a large number of couples without children and lone person households.

Note that household income is connected to household size - the potential for a lone person household to have a high income is less than for a household containing 5 adults. This may skew the results a little to the smaller household types when comparing to the total population, but should not affect geographic comparisons.

To continue building the story, Rockhampton Regional Council's household and family types should be viewed in conjunction with Age Structure and Dwelling Types.

Q:

Derived from the Census question:

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

Household type
Rockhampton Regional Council - Low income households20212016Change
Households by typeNumber%Regional QLDNumber%Regional QLD2016 to 2021
Couples with children4257.08.688412.113.1-459
Couples without children1,40023.228.81,57921.526.2-179
One parent families1,05417.514.61,54721.117.0-493
Other families671.10.8811.10.9-14
Group household951.61.71301.82.2-35
Lone person2,99849.645.63,11542.540.6-117
Total low income households6,039100.0100.07,336100.0100.0-1,297
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 household/family types of low income households in Rockhampton Regional Council in 2021 compared to Regional QLD shows that there was a lower proportion of couple families with child(ren) as well as a higher proportion in one-parent families. Overall, 7.0% of low income households were couple families with child(ren), and 17.5% one-parent families, compared with 8.6% and 14.6% respectively for Regional QLD.

There were a higher proportion of lone person households and a lower proportion of couples without children. Overall, the proportion of low income lone person households was 49.6% compared to 45.6% for Regional QLD while the proportion in couples without children was 23.2% compared to 28.8% for Regional QLD.

Emerging groups

The number of low income households in Rockhampton decreased by 1,297 between 2016 and 2021.

The largest changes in family/household types of low income households in Rockhampton between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • One parent families (-493 households)
  • Couples with children (-459 households)
  • Couples without children (-179 households)
  • Lone person (-117 households)

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