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In the City of Sydney, 14.3% of people reporting a need for assistance were in couples with children households.

The City of Sydney'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.

For persons with a disability or need for assistance with core activities, the household type topic can reveal the extent to which they live alone (and therefore may require outside assistance) or have other family members available to assist. It is also likely to be correlated with age.

Please note that people with a disability living in an institutional form of accommodation (e.g. nursing home or hostel for the disabled) are not considered to be part of a household and are not included in this topic.

To continue building the story, the City of Sydney's Household Summary should be viewed in conjunction with Age Structure and Dwelling Structure.

Q:

Derived from the Census question:

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

Household type
City of Sydney - Need for assistance20212016Change
Households by typeNumber%Greater SydneyNumber%Greater Sydney2016 to 2021
Couples with children73214.334.457313.336.3+159
Couples without children1,21023.622.993021.522.9+280
One parent families75214.719.871116.419.4+41
Other families1292.51.6902.11.6+39
Group household2935.73.53037.02.9-10
Lone person2,01439.317.91,67638.816.6+338
Other not classifiable household0--0.0410.90.3-41
Total people counted in private dwellings5,130100.0100.04,324100.0100.0+806
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 reporting a need for assistance in the City of Sydney in 2021 compared to Greater Sydney shows that there was a lower proportion of people needing assistance in couple families with child(ren) as well as a lower proportion in one-parent families. Overall, 14.3% of people reporting a need for assistance were in couple families with child(ren), and 14.7% were in one-parent families, compared with 34.4% and 19.8% respectively for Greater Sydney.

There was a higher proportion of people reporting a need for assistance in lone person households and a higher proportion in couples without children. Overall, the proportion of people with a need for assistance in lone person households was 39.3% compared to 17.9% in Greater Sydney while the proportion in couples without children was 23.6% compared to 22.9% in Greater Sydney.

Emerging groups

The number people in private dwellings reporting a need for assistance in City of Sydney increased by 806 between 2016 and 2021.

The largest changes in the family/household types of people reporting a need for assistance in the City of Sydney between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • Lone person (+338 persons)
  • Couples without children (+280 persons)
  • Couples with children (+159 persons)

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