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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 Adelaide Hills Council, 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, Adelaide Hills Council'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)?'
Dominant groups
Analysis of the households without children in Adelaide Hills Council in 2021 compared to Ranges Ward shows that there was a similar proportion of young couples without children, a larger 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 similar proportion of older lone person households.
Emerging groups
Between 1996 and 2021, the number of households without children increased by 1,966.
The largest changes in households without children in Adelaide Hills Council, between 1996 and 2021 were:
- Older couples without children (+1,507 persons)
- Older lone persons (+715 persons)
- Young lone persons (-376 persons)
- Middle-aged lone persons (+361 persons)
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