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Sutherland Shire CouncilCommunity profile

Sutherland Shire

Household type

In Sutherland Shire Council, 69.5% of people aged 35 to 54 years were in couples with children households.

Sutherland Shire Council's household and family structure is one of the most important demographic indicators.

People form different types of households at different stages in life, so this varies enormously by age group in all areas. This topic is useful, however, in comparing the types of households formed by each age group relative to the benchmark. For instance, in some areas, children may mostly live in couple families, while in others they are mainly in one-parent families. Are elderly parents still living with their extended family or do they have empty nester households?

To continue building the story, Sutherland Shire Council's Household Types should be viewed in conjunction with Dwelling Type.

Q:

Derived from the Census question:

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

Household type
Sutherland Shire Council - 35 to 54 years20212016Change
Households by typeNumber%Greater SydneyNumber%Greater Sydney2016 to 2021
Couples with children43,03169.561.840,64268.561.3+2,389
Couples without children6,24310.112.45,93810.012.2+305
One parent families5,8799.510.55,6919.610.6+188
Other families2420.40.72640.40.8-22
Group household8741.42.69521.62.9-78
Lone person4,1516.78.04,0866.97.8+65
Visitor only / Other non classifiable households1,4712.43.91,7623.04.5-291
Total people in private dwellings61,891100.0100.059,335100.0100.0+2,556
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 household/family types of people aged 35 to 54 years in Sutherland Shire Council in 2021 compared to Greater Sydney, shows that there was a higher proportion of people aged 35 to 54 years in couple families with child(ren) as well as a lower proportion in one-parent families. Overall, 69.5% of people aged 35 to 54 years were in couple families with child(ren), and 9.5% were in one-parent families, compared with 61.8% and 10.5% respectively for Greater Sydney.

There was a lower proportion of people aged 35 to 54 years in lone person households and a lower proportion in couples without children. Overall, the proportion of people aged 35 to 54 years in lone person households was 6.7% compared to 8.0% in Greater Sydney while the proportion of couples without children was 10.1% compared to 12.4% in Greater Sydney.

Emerging groups

The number of people aged 35 to 54 years in households in Sutherland Shire increased by 2,556 between 2016 and 2021.

The largest changes in family/household types for people aged 35 to 54 years in Sutherland Shire between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • Couples with children (+2,389 persons)
  • Couples without children (+305 persons)
  • Visitor only / Other non classifiable households (-291 persons)
  • One parent families (+188 persons)

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