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Swan Street Structure Plan

Households without children

In Swan Street Structure Plan, older couples without children account for 4% 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 Swan Street Structure Plan, 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, Swan Street Structure Plan'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
Swan Street Structure Plan - Households (Enumerated)20211991Change
Households without childrenNumber%City of Yarra %Number%City of Yarra %1991 to 2021
Couples without children1,49327.826.865418.817.4+839
Young couples without children98618.416.841512.010.9+570
Middle-aged couples without children2755.15.21414.13.5+133
Older couples without children2324.34.8962.83.0+136
Lone person households1,82634.035.11,17933.929.6+647
Young lone persons96017.917.859317.114.9+366
Middle-aged lone persons5289.89.62848.27.4+244
Older lone persons3386.37.73018.77.3+37
Group households67212.511.156316.215.3+108
Total households without children3,99174.473.02,39668.962.3+1,594
Total households5,365100.0100.03,479100.0100.0+1,886
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 1991 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 Swan Street Structure Plan in 2021 compared to the City of Yarra shows that there was a larger proportion of young couples without children, a similar proportion of middle-aged couples without children, and a similar proportion of older couples without children.

In addition, there were a similar proportion of young lone person households, a similar proportion of middle-aged lone person households, and a smaller proportion of older lone person households.

Emerging groups

Between 1991 and 2021, the number of households without children increased by 1,595.

The largest changes in households without children in Swan Street Structure Plan, between 1991 and 2021 were:

  • Young couples without children (+570 persons)
  • Young lone persons (+366 persons)
  • Middle-aged lone persons (+244 persons)
  • Older couples without children (+136 persons)

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