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Wollongong City Council's household and family structure is one of the most important demographic indicators. It reveals the area's residential role and function, era of settlement and provides key insights into the level of demand for services and facilities as most are related to age and household types.
For persons with a disability or need for assistance with core activities, the household type topic can reveal the extent to which they live alone (and therefore may require outside assistance) or have other family members available to assist. It is also likely to be correlated with age.
Please note that people with a disability living in an institutional form of accommodation (e.g. nursing home or hostel for the disabled) are not considered to be part of a household and are not included in this topic.
To continue building the story, Wollongong City Council's Household Summary should be viewed in conjunction with Age Structure and Dwelling Structure.
Q:
Derived from the Census question:
'What is the person's relationship (to each other person in the household)?'
| Household type | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wollongong City Council - Need for assistance | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||
| Households by type | Number | % | Regional NSW | Number | % | Regional NSW | 2016 to 2021 |
| Couples with children | 3,328 | 25.6 | 24.7 | 2,947 | 26.5 | 25.0 | +381 |
| Couples without children | 3,333 | 25.6 | 28.8 | 3,023 | 27.2 | 30.6 | +310 |
| One parent families | 2,625 | 20.2 | 19.6 | 2,128 | 19.1 | 18.3 | +497 |
| Other families | 180 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 157 | 1.4 | 1.4 | +23 |
| Group household | 478 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 329 | 3.0 | 4.0 | +149 |
| Lone person | 3,072 | 23.6 | 20.7 | 2,451 | 22.0 | 19.6 | +621 |
| Other not classifiable household | 0 | -- | 0.1 | 85 | 0.8 | 1.1 | -85 |
| Total people counted in private dwellings | 13,016 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 11,120 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +1,896 |
Dominant groups
Analysis of the household/family types of people reporting a need for assistance in Wollongong City Council in 2021 compared to Regional NSW shows that there was a higher proportion of people needing assistance in couple families with child(ren) as well as a higher proportion in one-parent families. Overall, 25.6% of people reporting a need for assistance were in couple families with child(ren), and 20.2% were in one-parent families, compared with 24.7% and 19.6% respectively for Regional NSW.
There was a higher proportion of people reporting a need for assistance in lone person households and a lower proportion in couples without children. Overall, the proportion of people with a need for assistance in lone person households was 23.6% compared to 20.7% in Regional NSW while the proportion in couples without children was 25.6% compared to 28.8% in Regional NSW.
Emerging groups
The number people in private dwellings reporting a need for assistance in Wollongong City Council increased by 1,896 between 2016 and 2021.
The largest changes in the family/household types of people reporting a need for assistance in Wollongong City between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Lone person (+621 persons)
- One parent families (+497 persons)
- Couples with children (+381 persons)
- Couples without children (+310 persons)
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