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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idIn the City of Canning, 67.1% of people born in India were in couples with children households.
The City of Canning's household and family structure is one of the most important demographic indicators. For the overseas-born population, only those family members who were born overseas are counted. Other family members who were born in Australia or did not state their birthplace are not included in the table. However, if multiple household members were born overseas, the household will be counted more than once in this topic.
This topic reveals the area's residential role and function for the overseas-born and what type of households they are forming. This is likely to be strongly related to Age Structure, while recent migrants are young and likely to form families (and group households in the case of student areas), more established migrant communities may have older families and empty nesters in their mix of households.
To continue building the story of the overseas-born community in City of Canning, please look at this topic in conjunction with Age Structure, Household Size and Number of Bedrooms.
Q:
Derived from the Census question:
'What is the person's relationship (to each other person in the household)?'
| Household type | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Canning - born in India | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||
| Households by type | Number | % | Greater Perth | Number | % | Greater Perth | 2016 to 2021 |
| Couples with children | 5,024 | 67.1 | 67.7 | 3,594 | 65.6 | 62.5 | +1,430 |
| Couples without children | 1,230 | 16.4 | 17.6 | 945 | 17.3 | 22.1 | +285 |
| One parent families | 226 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 193 | 3.5 | 3.7 | +33 |
| Other families | 138 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 147 | 2.7 | 1.6 | -9 |
| Group household | 609 | 8.1 | 4.6 | 429 | 7.8 | 4.7 | +180 |
| Lone person | 236 | 3.2 | 5.0 | 157 | 2.9 | 5.1 | +79 |
| Visitor only / Other non classifiable households | 25 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 11 | 0.2 | 0.3 | +14 |
| Total persons counted in private dwellings | 7,488 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 5,476 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +2,012 |
Dominant groups
Analysis of the household/family types for people born in India in the City of Canning in 2021 compared to Greater Perth, shows that there was a lower proportion of people born in India in couple families with children as well as a lower proportion in one-parent families. Overall, 67.1% of people born in India were in couple families with children, and 3.0% were in one-parent families, compared with 67.7% and 3.5% respectively for Greater Perth.
There were a lower proportion of people born in India in lone person households and a lower proportion in couples without children. Overall, the proportion of people born in India in lone person households was 3.2% compared to 5.0% in Greater Perth while the proportion in couples without children was 16.4% compared to 17.6% in Greater Perth.
Emerging groups
The number of people born in India in households in City of Canning increased by 2,012 between 2016 and 2021.
The largest changes in family/household types of people born in India in the City of Canning 2016 and 2021 were:
- Couples with children (+1,430 persons)
- Couples without children (+285 persons)
- Group household (+180 persons)
- Lone person (+79 persons)
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