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Mollymook - Narrawallee and Surrounds

Households without children

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In Mollymook - Narrawallee and Surrounds, older couples without children account for 24% 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 Mollymook - Narrawallee and Surrounds, 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, Mollymook - Narrawallee and Surrounds's Household data should be viewed in conjunction with Household Size, Age Structure and Dwelling Type.

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Derived from the Census question:

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

Households without children by life stage
Mollymook - Narrawallee and Surrounds - Households (Enumerated)20212016Change
Households without childrenNumber%Shoalhaven City %Number%Shoalhaven City %2016 to 2021
Couples without children89838.231.779237.531.2+106
Young couples without children713.04.0562.73.4+15
Middle-aged couples without children27011.510.125912.310.9+11
Older couples without children55723.717.647722.616.9+80
Lone person households57424.426.555026.126.7+24
Young lone persons421.83.4622.93.5-20
Middle-aged lone persons1817.78.31657.89.1+16
Older lone persons35114.914.832315.314.1+28
Group households451.92.5411.92.4+4
Total households without children1,51764.660.81,38365.560.3+134
Total households2,348100.0100.02,111100.0100.0+237
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 households without children in Mollymook - Narrawallee and Surrounds in 2021 compared to Shoalhaven City shows that there was a smaller proportion of young couples without children, a larger proportion of middle-aged couples without children, and a larger proportion of older couples without children.

In addition, there were a smaller proportion of young lone person households, a smaller proportion of middle-aged lone person households, and a similar proportion of older lone person households.

Emerging groups

Between 2016 and 2021, the number of households without children increased by 134.

The largest change in households without children in Mollymook - Narrawallee and Surrounds, between 2016 and 2021 was:

  • Older couples without children (+80 persons)

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