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South Gippsland ShireCommunity profile

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)20211996Change
Households without childrenNumber%South Gippsland Shire %Number%South Gippsland Shire %1996 to 2021
Couples without children35832.431.022728.227.9+130
Young couples without children282.53.3364.54.8-9
Middle-aged couples without children1089.811.111213.912.9-4
Older couples without children22220.116.7799.810.2+143
Lone person households39135.427.622628.123.4+164
Young lone persons433.93.7577.16.7-15
Middle-aged lone persons11410.39.4486.06.0+65
Older lone persons23421.214.612014.910.7+113
Group households232.11.9131.71.9+10
Total households without children77269.860.546857.953.2+304
Total households1,106100.0100.0808100.0100.0+298
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 1996 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 South Gippsland Shire shows that there was a smaller 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 similar 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 1996 and 2021, the number of households without children increased by 304.

The largest changes in households without children in Foster and surrounds, between 1996 and 2021 were:

  • Older couples without children (+143 persons)
  • Older lone persons (+113 persons)
  • Middle-aged lone persons (+65 persons)

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