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Willoughby City

Households without children

In Willoughby City, older couples without children account for 9% 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 Willoughby City, 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, Willoughby City'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
Willoughby City - Households (Enumerated)20212016Change
Households without childrenNumber%Greater Sydney %Number%Greater Sydney %2016 to 2021
Couples without children6,80923.923.36,36323.022.4+446
Young couples without children2,5579.08.82,6369.58.3-79
Middle-aged couples without children1,5965.65.91,5435.66.0+53
Older couples without children2,6569.38.62,1847.98.1+472
Lone person households6,31422.222.25,53020.020.4+784
Young lone persons2,1027.46.81,8706.85.8+232
Middle-aged lone persons1,7196.06.71,5235.56.5+196
Older lone persons2,4938.88.72,1377.78.1+356
Group households1,0673.84.01,3304.84.5-263
Total households without children14,19049.949.613,22347.847.3+967
Total households28,445100.0100.027,642100.0100.0+803
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 Willoughby City in 2021 compared to Greater Sydney shows that there was a similar proportion of young couples without children, a similar proportion of middle-aged couples without children, and a larger 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 similar proportion of older lone person households.

Emerging groups

Between 2016 and 2021, the number of households without children increased by 967.

The largest changes in households without children in Willoughby City, between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • Older couples without children (+472 persons)
  • Older lone persons (+356 persons)
  • Group households (-263 persons)
  • Young lone persons (+232 persons)

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