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Shoalhaven City Council's household and family structure is one of the most important demographic indicators.
People form different types of households at different stages in life, so this varies enormously by age group in all areas. This topic is useful, however, in comparing the types of households formed by each age group relative to the benchmark. For instance, in some areas, children may mostly live in couple families, while in others they are mainly in one-parent families. Are elderly parents still living with their extended family or do they have empty nester households?
To continue building the story, Shoalhaven City Council's Household Types should be viewed in conjunction with Dwelling Type.
Q:
Derived from the Census question:
'What is the person's relationship (to each other person in the household)?'
| Household type | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shoalhaven City Council - 0 to 4 years | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||
| Households by type | Number | % | Regional NSW | Number | % | Regional NSW | 2016 to 2021 |
| Couples with children | 4,042 | 73.5 | 76.7 | 3,725 | 72.6 | 74.7 | +317 |
| Couples without children | 74 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 100 | 1.9 | 1.5 | -26 |
| One parent families | 964 | 17.5 | 16.5 | 999 | 19.5 | 17.8 | -35 |
| Other families | 7 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +4 |
| Group household | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0 |
| Lone person | 41 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 32 | 0.6 | 0.7 | +9 |
| Visitor only / Other non classifiable households | 372 | 6.8 | 5.3 | 274 | 5.3 | 5.3 | +98 |
| Total people in private dwellings | 5,500 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 5,133 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +367 |
Dominant groups
Analysis of the household/family types of children aged 0 to 4 years in Shoalhaven City Council in 2021 compared to Regional NSW, shows that there was a lower proportion of children aged 0 to 4 years in couple families with child(ren) as well as a higher proportion in one-parent families. Overall, 73.5% of children aged 0 to 4 years were in couple families with child(ren), and 17.5% were in one-parent families, compared with 76.7% and 16.5% respectively for Regional NSW.
There was a similar proportion of children aged 0 to 4 years in lone person households and a higher proportion in couples without children. Overall, the proportion of children aged 0 to 4 years in lone person households was 0.7% compared to 0.5% in Regional NSW while the proportion of couples without children was 1.3% compared to 0.8% in Regional NSW.
Emerging groups
The number of children aged 0 to 4 years in households in Shoalhaven City increased by 367 between 2016 and 2021.
The largest changes in family/household types for children aged 0 to 4 years in Shoalhaven City between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Couples with children (+317 persons)
- Visitor only / Other non classifiable households (+98 persons)
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