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Lucas - Cardigan

Households without children

In Lucas - Cardigan, older couples without children account for 8% 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 Lucas - Cardigan, 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, Lucas - Cardigan'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
Lucas - Cardigan - Households (Enumerated)20211996Change
Households without childrenNumber%Mount Clear - Mount Helen %Number%Mount Clear - Mount Helen %1996 to 2021
Couples without children30522.927.13322.724.9+272
Young couples without children1108.36.086.06.9+101
Middle-aged couples without children876.58.81611.211.5+71
Older couples without children1088.112.275.56.5+100
Lone person households23817.922.82114.915.9+216
Young lone persons856.46.775.55.6+77
Middle-aged lone persons554.16.975.04.7+48
Older lone persons987.49.264.45.6+92
Group households453.43.732.33.9+42
Total households without children58844.253.55839.944.7+530
Total households1,331100.0100.0145100.0100.0+1,185
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 1996 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 Lucas - Cardigan in 2021 compared to Mount Clear - Mount Helen shows that there was a larger proportion of young couples without children, a smaller proportion of middle-aged couples without children, and a smaller proportion of older couples without children.

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

Emerging groups

Between 1996 and 2021, the number of households without children increased by 530.

The largest changes in households without children in Lucas - Cardigan, between 1996 and 2021 were:

  • Young couples without children (+101 persons)
  • Older couples without children (+100 persons)
  • Older lone persons (+92 persons)
  • Young lone persons (+77 persons)

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