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Tweed Heads West

Households without children

In Tweed Heads West, older couples without children account for 12% 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 Tweed Heads West, 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, Tweed Heads West's Household data should be viewed in conjunction with Household Size, Age Structure and Dwelling Type.

Q:

Derived from the Census question:

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

Households without children by life stage
Tweed Heads West - Households (Enumerated)20212016Change
Households without childrenNumber%Tweed Shire %Number%Tweed Shire %2016 to 2021
Couples without children68224.027.566623.627.0+16
Young couples without children1585.63.81053.73.3+53
Middle-aged couples without children1776.28.81896.79.4-12
Older couples without children34712.214.937213.214.3-25
Lone person households95933.826.691832.526.3+41
Young lone persons1194.22.81134.02.9+6
Middle-aged lone persons2829.98.229710.58.8-15
Older lone persons55819.715.650818.014.6+50
Group households1274.53.31234.43.5+4
Total households without children1,76862.357.41,70760.556.7+61
Total households2,839100.0100.02,822100.0100.0+17
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 households without children in Tweed Heads West in 2021 compared to Tweed Shire shows that there was a larger proportion of young couples without children, a smaller proportion of middle-aged couples without children, and a smaller 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 2016 and 2021, the number of households without children increased by 61.

The largest changes in households without children in Tweed Heads West, between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • Young couples without children (+53 persons)
  • Older lone persons (+50 persons)

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