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Lucas - Cardigan

Household type

In Lucas - Cardigan, 35.4% of households were made up of couples with children in 2021, compared with 31.5% in Mount Clear - Mount Helen.

Lucas - Cardigan's household and family structure is one of the most important demographic indicators. It reveals the area's residential role and function, era of settlement and provides key insights into the level of demand for services and facilities as most are related to age and household types.

To continue building the story, Lucas - Cardigan's Household Summary should be viewed in conjunction with Households with Children, Households without Children, Household Size, Age Structure and Dwelling Type.

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Q:

Derived from the Census question:

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

Household type
Lucas - Cardigan - Total households (Enumerated)20212016Change
Households by typeNumber%Mount Clear - Mount Helen %Number%Mount Clear - Mount Helen %2016 to 2021
Couples with children9,53935.431.524448.531.4+9,295
Couples without children7,28027.027.112825.625.5+7,151
One parent families2,3998.910.9346.89.2+2,365
Other families2470.90.530.80.7+243
Group household7792.93.7193.86.9+760
Lone person6,16322.922.85310.620.5+6,109
Other not classifiable household3471.32.791.94.8+338
Visitor only households1970.70.8102.01.0+187
Total households26,951100.0100.0503100.0100.0+26,447
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
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Dominant groups

Analysis of the household/family types in Lucas - Cardigan in 2021 compared to Mount Clear - Mount Helen shows that there was a higher proportion of couple families with child(ren) as well as a lower proportion of one-parent families. Overall, 35.4% of total families were couple families with child(ren), and 8.9% were one-parent families, compared with 31.5% and 10.9% respectively for Mount Clear - Mount Helen.

There were a similar proportion of lone person households and a similar proportion of couples without children. Overall, the proportion of lone person households was 22.9% compared to 22.8% in Mount Clear - Mount Helen while the proportion of couples without children was 27.0% compared to 27.1% in Mount Clear - Mount Helen.

Emerging groups

The number of households in Lucas - Cardigan increased by 26,448 between 2016 and 2021.

The largest changes in family/household types in Lucas - Cardigan between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • Couples with children (+9,295 households)
  • Couples without children (+7,151 households)
  • Lone person (+6,109 households)
  • One parent families (+2,365 households)

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