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Golden Point - Mount Pleasant - Canadian

Households without children

In Golden Point - Mount Pleasant - Canadian, older couples without children account for 9% 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 Golden Point - Mount Pleasant - Canadian, 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, Golden Point - Mount Pleasant - Canadian'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
Golden Point - Mount Pleasant - Canadian - Households (Enumerated)20211996Change
Households without childrenNumber%Rural West %Number%Rural West %1996 to 2021
Couples without children89324.233.851222.123.2+380
Young couples without children3158.64.91827.94.9+133
Middle-aged couples without children2436.612.61566.810.7+86
Older couples without children3359.116.31737.57.6+161
Lone person households1,16231.525.457824.917.4+583
Young lone persons3559.62.72269.84.3+128
Middle-aged lone persons38610.57.61436.25.3+243
Older lone persons42111.415.12089.07.8+212
Group households2055.60.51526.61.1+52
Total households without children2,26061.359.71,24453.741.7+1,016
Total households3,684100.0100.02,318100.0100.0+1,365
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 1996 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
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Dominant groups

Analysis of the households without children in Golden Point - Mount Pleasant - Canadian in 2021 compared to Rural West 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 larger proportion of young lone person households, a larger 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 1,016.

The largest changes in households without children in Golden Point - Mount Pleasant - Canadian, between 1996 and 2021 were:

  • Middle-aged lone persons (+243 persons)
  • Older lone persons (+212 persons)
  • Older couples without children (+161 persons)
  • Young couples without children (+133 persons)

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