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Currimundi - Aroona - Battery Hill - Dicky Beach

Households without children

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In Currimundi - Aroona - Battery Hill - Dicky Beach, older couples without children account for 15% 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 Currimundi - Aroona - Battery Hill - Dicky Beach, 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, Currimundi - Aroona - Battery Hill - Dicky Beach'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
Currimundi - Aroona - Battery Hill - Dicky Beach - Households (Enumerated)20211996Change
Households without childrenNumber%Ilkley - Eudlo and District %Number%Ilkley - Eudlo and District %1996 to 2021
Couples without children1,71129.427.71,21229.928.1+498
Young couples without children2624.53.12205.47.7+42
Middle-aged couples without children59510.213.246111.413.0+134
Older couples without children85414.711.453113.17.4+323
Lone person households1,38023.712.978119.312.3+598
Young lone persons1803.11.92015.05.1-22
Middle-aged lone persons4437.65.81974.94.3+245
Older lone persons75713.05.23829.42.9+375
Group households1853.22.01273.12.0+58
Total households without children3,27656.342.62,12152.342.4+1,154
Total households5,824100.0100.04,058100.0100.0+1,766
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 Currimundi - Aroona - Battery Hill - Dicky Beach in 2021 compared to Ilkley - Eudlo and District shows that there was a larger 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 1996 and 2021, the number of households without children increased by 1,155.

The largest changes in households without children in Currimundi - Aroona - Battery Hill - Dicky Beach, between 1996 and 2021 were:

  • Older lone persons (+375 persons)
  • Older couples without children (+323 persons)
  • Middle-aged lone persons (+245 persons)
  • Middle-aged couples without children (+134 persons)

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