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In the City of Yarra, 21.8% of people born overseas were in couples with children households.

The City of Yarra's household and family structure is one of the most important demographic indicators. For the overseas-born population, only those family members who were born overseas are counted. Other family members who were born in Australia or did not state their birthplace are not included in the table. However, if multiple household members were born overseas, the household will be counted more than once in this topic.

This topic reveals the area's residential role and function for the overseas-born and what type of households they are forming. This is likely to be strongly related to Age Structure, while recent migrants are young and likely to form families (and group households in the case of student areas), more established migrant communities may have older families and empty nesters in their mix of households.

To continue building the story of the overseas-born community in City of Yarra, please look at this topic in conjunction with Age Structure, Household Size and Number of Bedrooms.

Q:

Derived from the Census question:

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

Household type
City of Yarra - born overseas20212016Change
Households by typeNumber%City of Yarra - Total populationNumber%City of Yarra - Total population2016 to 2021
Couples with children5,45121.826.65,37622.026.2+75
Couples without children8,51334.027.77,95132.525.6+562
One parent families2,3069.27.62,51710.38.2-211
Other families5162.11.76012.52.0-85
Group household2,93911.713.93,64314.914.9-704
Lone person5,15420.618.14,20817.215.0+946
Visitor only / Other non classifiable households1420.64.41960.88.1-54
Total persons counted in private dwellings25,021100.0100.024,492100.0100.0+529
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 household/family types for people born overseas in the City of Yarra in 2021 compared to the total population in the City of Yarra, shows that there was a lower proportion of people born overseas in couple families with children as well as a higher proportion in one-parent families. Overall, 21.8% of people born overseas were in couple families with children, and 9.2% were in one-parent families, compared with 26.6% and 7.6% respectively for the total population in the City of Yarra.

There were a higher proportion of people born overseas in lone person households and a higher proportion in couples without children. Overall, the proportion of people born overseas in lone person households was 20.6% compared to 18.1% in the total population in the City of Yarra while the proportion in couples without children was 34.0% compared to 27.7% in the total population in the City of Yarra.

Emerging groups

The number of people born overseas in households in City of Yarra increased by 529 between 2016 and 2021.

The largest changes in family/household types of people born overseas in the City of Yarra 2016 and 2021 were:

  • Lone person (+946 persons)
  • Group household (-704 persons)
  • Couples without children (+562 persons)
  • One parent families (-211 persons)

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