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Foster and surrounds

Households without children

In Foster and surrounds, older couples without children account for 20% 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 Foster 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, Foster and surrounds'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 without children by life stage
Foster and surrounds - Households (Enumerated)20212016Change
Households without childrenNumber%Rural North East %Number%Rural North East %2016 to 2021
Couples without children35832.432.929231.633.9+66
Young couples without children282.52.1181.93.4+10
Middle-aged couples without children1089.813.710311.114.9+5
Older couples without children22220.117.117118.515.7+51
Lone person households39135.422.533436.120.7+57
Young lone persons433.92.9323.52.4+11
Middle-aged lone persons11410.39.011612.69.4-2
Older lone persons23421.210.618620.18.9+48
Group households232.11.5171.81.9+6
Total households without children77269.856.964369.656.5+129
Total households1,106100.0100.0924100.0100.0+182
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 Foster and surrounds in 2021 compared to Rural North East shows that there was a similar proportion of young couples without children, a smaller proportion of middle-aged couples without children, and a larger proportion of older couples without children.

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

Emerging groups

Between 2016 and 2021, the number of households without children increased by 129.

The largest change in households without children in Foster and surrounds, between 2016 and 2021 was:

  • Older couples without children (+51 persons)

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