Cairns
Need for assistance - Household type
In Cairns, 27.0% of people reporting a need for assistance were in couples with children households.
Cairns'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.
For persons with a disability or need for assistance with core activities, the household type topic can reveal the extent to which they live alone (and therefore may require outside assistance) or have other family members available to assist. It is also likely to be correlated with age.
Please note that people with a disability living in an institutional form of accommodation (e.g. nursing home or hostel for the disabled) are not considered to be part of a household and are not included in this topic.
To continue building the story, Cairns's Household Summary should be viewed in conjunction with Age Structure and Dwelling Structure.
Derived from the Census question:
'What is the person's relationship (to each other person in the household)?'
People with a need for assistance, counted in private dwellings
| Household type | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cairns - Need for assistance | 2021 | 2016 | Change | |||||
| Households by type | Number | % | Regional QLD | Number | % | Regional QLD | 2016 to 2021 | |
| Couples with children | 2,114 | 27.0 | 26.4 | 1,694 | 26.9 | 25.9 | +420 | 19500 |
| Couples without children | 2,019 | 25.8 | 30.0 | 1,604 | 25.5 | 31.1 | +415 | 19501 |
| One parent families | 1,610 | 20.5 | 19.4 | 1,242 | 19.7 | 17.3 | +368 | 19502 |
| Other families | 145 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 103 | 1.6 | 1.3 | +42 | 19503 |
| Group household | 407 | 5.2 | 4.5 | 301 | 4.8 | 4.3 | +106 | 19504 |
| Lone person | 1,524 | 19.4 | 18.2 | 1,213 | 19.3 | 17.6 | +311 | 19505 |
| Other not classifiable household | 18 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 133 | 2.1 | 2.4 | -115 | 19506 |
| Total people counted in private dwellings | 7,837 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 6,290 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +1,547 | |
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing (opens a new window) 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (opens a new window)(informed decisions).
Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
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Dominant groups
Analysis of the household/family types of people reporting a need for assistance in Cairns in 2021 compared to Regional QLD shows that there was a higher proportion of people needing assistance in couple families with child(ren) as well as a higher proportion in one-parent families. Overall, 27.0% of people reporting a need for assistance were in couple families with child(ren), and 20.5% were in one-parent families, compared with 26.4% and 19.4% respectively for Regional QLD.
There was a higher proportion of people reporting a need for assistance in lone person households and a lower proportion in couples without children. Overall, the proportion of people with a need for assistance in lone person households was 19.4% compared to 18.2% in Regional QLD while the proportion in couples without children was 25.8% compared to 30.0% in Regional QLD.
Emerging groups
The number people in private dwellings reporting a need for assistance in Cairns increased by 1,547 between 2016 and 2021.
The largest changes in the family/household types of people reporting a need for assistance in Cairns between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Couples with children (+420 persons)
- Couples without children (+415 persons)
- One parent families (+368 persons)
- Lone person (+311 persons)