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Wollongong City

Household type

In Wollongong City Council, 83.8% of children aged 0 to 4 years were in couples with children households.

Wollongong City Council's household and family structure is one of the most important demographic indicators.

People form different types of households at different stages in life, so this varies enormously by age group in all areas. This topic is useful, however, in comparing the types of households formed by each age group relative to the benchmark. For instance, in some areas, children may mostly live in couple families, while in others they are mainly in one-parent families. Are elderly parents still living with their extended family or do they have empty nester households?

To continue building the story, Wollongong City Council's Household Types should be viewed in conjunction with Dwelling Type.

Q:

Derived from the Census question:

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

Household type
Wollongong City Council - 0 to 4 years20212016Change
Households by typeNumber%Wollongong City - Total populationNumber%Wollongong City - Total population2016 to 2021
Couples with children10,05983.847.09,64581.147.7+414
Couples without children720.621.11571.319.9-85
One parent families1,43511.912.71,60813.513.0-173
Other families50.00.9150.11.1-10
Group household70.14.330.04.2+4
Lone person280.210.7470.410.3-19
Visitor only / Other non classifiable households4033.43.34193.53.8-16
Total people in private dwellings12,009100.0100.011,894100.0100.0+115
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
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Dominant groups

Analysis of the household/family types of children aged 0 to 4 years in Wollongong City Council in 2021 compared to the total population in Wollongong City Council, shows that there was a higher proportion of children aged 0 to 4 years in couple families with child(ren) as well as a lower proportion in one-parent families. Overall, 83.8% of children aged 0 to 4 years were in couple families with child(ren), and 11.9% were in one-parent families, compared with 47.0% and 12.7% respectively for the total population in Wollongong City Council.

There was a lower proportion of children aged 0 to 4 years in lone person households and a lower proportion in couples without children. Overall, the proportion of children aged 0 to 4 years in lone person households was 0.2% compared to 10.7% in the total population in Wollongong City Council while the proportion of couples without children was 0.6% compared to 21.1% in the total population in Wollongong City Council.

Emerging groups

The number of children aged 0 to 4 years in households in Wollongong City increased by 115 between 2016 and 2021.

The largest changes in family/household types for children aged 0 to 4 years in Wollongong City between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • Couples with children (+414 persons)
  • One parent families (-173 persons)
  • Couples without children (-85 persons)

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