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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idIn the City of Sydney, 16.4% of people born overseas were in couples with children households.
The City of Sydney's household and family structure is one of the most important demographic indicators. For the overseas-born population, only those family members who were born overseas are counted. Other family members who were born in Australia or did not state their birthplace are not included in the table. However, if multiple household members were born overseas, the household will be counted more than once in this topic.
This topic reveals the area's residential role and function for the overseas-born and what type of households they are forming. This is likely to be strongly related to Age Structure, while recent migrants are young and likely to form families (and group households in the case of student areas), more established migrant communities may have older families and empty nesters in their mix of households.
To continue building the story of the overseas-born community in City of Sydney, please look at this topic in conjunction with Age Structure, Household Size and Number of Bedrooms.
Q:
Derived from the Census question:
'What is the person's relationship (to each other person in the household)?'
| Household type | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Sydney - born overseas | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||
| Households by type | Number | % | City of Sydney - Total population | Number | % | City of Sydney - Total population | 2016 to 2021 |
| Couples with children | 15,953 | 16.4 | 19.6 | 13,431 | 14.2 | 17.2 | +2,522 |
| Couples without children | 37,272 | 38.3 | 31.7 | 33,106 | 35.1 | 28.7 | +4,166 |
| One parent families | 4,451 | 4.6 | 5.7 | 3,953 | 4.2 | 5.3 | +498 |
| Other families | 2,089 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 3,081 | 3.3 | 2.4 | -992 |
| Group household | 16,566 | 17.0 | 14.3 | 23,927 | 25.3 | 18.5 | -7,361 |
| Lone person | 20,254 | 20.8 | 21.1 | 16,104 | 17.1 | 17.4 | +4,150 |
| Visitor only / Other non classifiable households | 732 | 0.8 | 5.9 | 800 | 0.8 | 10.5 | -68 |
| Total persons counted in private dwellings | 97,317 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 94,402 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +2,915 |
Dominant groups
Analysis of the household/family types for people born overseas in the City of Sydney in 2021 compared to the total population in the City of Sydney, shows that there was a lower proportion of people born overseas in couple families with children as well as a lower proportion in one-parent families. Overall, 16.4% of people born overseas were in couple families with children, and 4.6% were in one-parent families, compared with 19.6% and 5.7% respectively for the total population in the City of Sydney.
There were a similar proportion of people born overseas in lone person households and a higher proportion in couples without children. Overall, the proportion of people born overseas in lone person households was 20.8% compared to 21.1% in the total population in the City of Sydney while the proportion in couples without children was 38.3% compared to 31.7% in the total population in the City of Sydney.
Emerging groups
The number of people born overseas in households in City of Sydney increased by 2,915 between 2016 and 2021.
The largest changes in family/household types of people born overseas in the City of Sydney 2016 and 2021 were:
- Group household (-7,361 persons)
- Couples without children (+4,166 persons)
- Lone person (+4,150 persons)
- Couples with children (+2,522 persons)
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