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In the City of Whitehorse, 46.5% of people born overseas were in couples with children households.

The City of Whitehorse'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 Whitehorse, 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 Whitehorse - born overseas20212016Change
Households by typeNumber%City of Whitehorse - Total populationNumber%City of Whitehorse - Total population2016 to 2021
Couples with children32,06146.551.028,01145.951.8+4,050
Couples without children16,98224.620.114,97124.519.3+2,011
One parent families6,6209.610.15,5239.19.9+1,097
Other families1,1671.71.31,1881.91.4-21
Group household5,0457.34.95,6959.35.5-650
Lone person6,8499.910.15,3948.89.3+1,455
Visitor only / Other non classifiable households2400.32.52400.42.80
Total persons counted in private dwellings68,964100.0100.061,022100.0100.0+7,942
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 for people born overseas in the City of Whitehorse in 2021 compared to the total population in the City of Whitehorse, shows that there was a lower proportion of people born overseas in couple families with children as well as a similar proportion in one-parent families. Overall, 46.5% of people born overseas were in couple families with children, and 9.6% were in one-parent families, compared with 51.0% and 10.1% respectively for the total population in the City of Whitehorse.

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 9.9% compared to 10.1% in the total population in the City of Whitehorse while the proportion in couples without children was 24.6% compared to 20.1% in the total population in the City of Whitehorse.

Emerging groups

The number of people born overseas in households in City of Whitehorse increased by 7,942 between 2016 and 2021.

The largest changes in family/household types of people born overseas in the City of Whitehorse 2016 and 2021 were:

  • Couples with children (+4,050 persons)
  • Couples without children (+2,011 persons)
  • Lone person (+1,455 persons)
  • One parent families (+1,097 persons)

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