City of Casey
Recent arrivals - Household type
In the City of Casey, 70.7% of recent arrivals were in couples with children households.
The City of Casey's household and family structure is one of the most important demographic indicators. For recent arrivals only those family members who arrived in the 5 years prior to Census are counted. Other family members may have arrived at different times or been born in Australia.
It reveals the area's residential role and function for migrants and what type of households they are forming. Migrants may form mainly family households, or can be lone person or group households, particularly in student areas.
Derived from the Census question:
'What is the person's relationship (to each other person in the household)?'
People born overseas and arriving in Australia between 2016 and 10 Aug 2021, counted in private dwellings
| Household type | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Casey - Recent arrivals | 2016 | ||||||
| Households by type | Number | % | City of Casey - Total overseas born | ||||
| Couples with children | 17,380 | 70.7 | 66.0 | 19500 | |||
| Couples without children | 3,671 | 14.9 | 17.3 | 19501 | |||
| One parent families | 1,497 | 6.1 | 8.4 | 19502 | |||
| Other families | 530 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 19503 | |||
| Group household | 1,138 | 4.6 | 2.4 | 19504 | |||
| Lone person | 319 | 1.3 | 4.7 | 19505 | |||
| Visitor only / Other non classifiable households | 37 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 19507 | |||
| Total people in private dwellings | 24,572 | 100.0 | 100.0 | ||||
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing (opens a new window) 2016 (Enumerated data). Compiled and presented in profile.id by .id (opens a new window) (informed decisions).
Dominant groups
Analysis of the household/family types of recent arrivals in the City of Casey shows that there was a higher proportion of recent arrivals in couple families with child(ren) as well as a lower proportion in one-parent families compared to the total population in 2016. Overall, 70.7% of recent arrivals were in couple families with child(ren) and 6.1% were in one-parent families, compared with 66.0% and 8.4% respectively for the total population.
There were a lower proportion of recent arrivals in lone person households and a lower proportion in couples without children. Overall, the proportion of recent arrivals in lone person households was 1.3% compared to 4.7% in the total population while the proportion in couples without children was 14.9% compared to 17.3% in the total population.