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Currimundi - Aroona - Battery Hill - Dicky Beach

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In Currimundi - Aroona - Battery Hill - Dicky Beach, 27.4% of households were made up of couples with children in 2021, compared with 26.0% in Wurtulla - Buddina and District.

Currimundi - Aroona - Battery Hill - Dicky Beach's household and family structure is one of the most important demographic indicators. It reveals the area's residential role and function, era of settlement and provides key insights into the level of demand for services and facilities as most are related to age and household types.

To continue building the story, Currimundi - Aroona - Battery Hill - Dicky Beach's Household Summary should be viewed in conjunction with Households with Children, Households without Children, 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)?'

Household type
Currimundi - Aroona - Battery Hill - Dicky Beach - Total households (Enumerated)20212016Change
Households by typeNumber%Wurtulla - Buddina and District %Number%Wurtulla - Buddina and District %2016 to 2021
Couples with children1,59427.426.01,55827.727.0+36
Couples without children1,71129.429.71,58328.230.5+128
One parent families63610.910.467512.010.6-39
Other families561.00.8300.50.4+26
Group household1853.24.71883.34.0-3
Lone person1,38023.723.21,31123.322.7+69
Other not classifiable household1412.43.81172.13.9+24
Visitor only households1212.11.21602.80.9-39
Total households5,824100.0100.05,622100.0100.0+202
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
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Dominant groups

Analysis of the household/family types in Currimundi - Aroona - Battery Hill - Dicky Beach in 2021 compared to Wurtulla - Buddina and District shows that there was a higher proportion of couple families with child(ren) as well as a similar proportion of one-parent families. Overall, 27.4% of total families were couple families with child(ren), and 10.9% were one-parent families, compared with 26.0% and 10.4% respectively for Wurtulla - Buddina and District.

There were a similar proportion of lone person households and a similar proportion of couples without children. Overall, the proportion of lone person households was 23.7% compared to 23.2% in Wurtulla - Buddina and District while the proportion of couples without children was 29.4% compared to 29.7% in Wurtulla - Buddina and District.

Emerging groups

The number of households in Currimundi - Aroona - Battery Hill - Dicky Beach increased by 202 between 2016 and 2021.

The largest changes in family/household types in Currimundi - Aroona - Battery Hill - Dicky Beach between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • Couples without children (+128 households)
  • Lone person (+69 households)

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