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Nowra - Bomaderry Structure Plan area

Households with children

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There are 2,029 couples with young children in Nowra - Bomaderry Structure Plan area in 2021, comprising 13.7% of households.

Households with Children require different services and facilities than other household types, and their needs change as both adults and children age. When many families in an area are at the same stage in their individual lifecycles, it creates a suburb lifecycle. Knowing where a suburb is in a cycle of change helps planners make evidence-based decisions about the demand for services both now and in the future.

For Households with Children in Nowra - Bomaderry Structure Plan area, life stage is based on the age of children in the household. The age of the parent(s) is not taken into account.

  • Young children: Children aged under 15 only
  • Mixed age children: One or more children under 15 and one or more children over 15 (must have 2 or more children)
  • Older children: Children aged 15 and over only

To continue building the story, Nowra - Bomaderry Structure Plan area'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 with children by life stage
Nowra - Bomaderry Structure Plan area - Households (Enumerated)20211991Change
Households with childrenNumber%Shoalhaven City %Number%Shoalhaven City %1991 to 2021
Couples with children3,62724.421.03,39039.933.7+237
Couples with young children2,02913.711.32,59630.525.8-567
Couples with mixed-age children5443.73.13434.03.0+201
Couples with older children1,0547.16.74505.34.9+604
Single parents with children1,95513.210.31,00111.88.5+953
Single parents with young children8285.64.06788.05.7+149
Single parents with mixed-age children2411.61.21081.30.7+133
Single parents with older children8866.05.12152.52.1+671
Total households with children5,58237.631.44,39151.742.2+1,190
Total households14,848100.0100.08,502100.0100.0+6,346
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 1991 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
Please refer to specific data notes for more information

Dominant groups

Analysis of the families with children in Nowra - Bomaderry Structure Plan area in 2021 compared to Shoalhaven City shows that there was a larger proportion of couples with young children, and a similar proportion of couples with older children.

Overall, 13.7% of total households with children were couple with young children, and 7.1% were couples with older children, compared with 11.3% and 6.7% respectively for Shoalhaven City.

There were a larger proportion of single parent households with young children and a larger proportion of single parent households with older children. Overall, the proportion of single parent households with young children was 5.6% compared to 4.0% in Shoalhaven City while the proportion of single parent households with older children was 6.0% compared to 5.1% in Shoalhaven City.

Emerging groups

Between 1991 and 2021, the number of households with children increased by 1,191 households or 27.1%.

The largest changes in households with children in this area between 1991 and 2021 were:

  • Single parents with older children (+671 households)
  • Couples with older children (+604 households)
  • Couples with young children (-567 households)
  • Couples with mixed-age children (+201 households)

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