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Donnybrook

Households without children

In Donnybrook, older couples without children account for 2% 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 Donnybrook, 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, Donnybrook'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
Donnybrook - Households (Enumerated)20212016Change
Households without childrenNumber%Thomastown %Number%Thomastown %2016 to 2021
Couples without children19127.223.91931.124.1+172
Young couples without children16824.06.446.65.9+164
Middle-aged couples without children121.74.369.84.9+6
Older couples without children111.613.2914.813.4+2
Lone person households689.723.61524.620.0+53
Young lone persons497.05.646.64.8+45
Middle-aged lone persons152.16.5813.15.6+7
Older lone persons40.611.434.99.6+1
Group households111.63.034.92.1+8
Total households without children27038.550.53760.746.2+233
Total households701100.0100.061100.0100.0+640
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 Donnybrook in 2021 compared to Thomastown 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 smaller proportion of middle-aged lone person households, and a smaller proportion of older lone person households.

Emerging groups

Between 2016 and 2021, the number of households without children increased by 233.

The largest change in households without children in Donnybrook, between 2016 and 2021 was:

  • Young couples without children (+164 persons)

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