City of Casey
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander profile - Household types
In the City of Casey, 36% of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander households are made up of couples with children compared with 29% of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population households in Victoria.
The household and family structure of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population is one of the most important demographic indicators. It provides insights into the level of demand for services and facilities targeted at particular household types, and the structure of the First Nations community. Across Australia, First Nations households are more likely to be larger families and one parent families, but this varies from area to area, so it is important to compare to the populations across geographic benchmarks.
Please note that this is a household topic. Households are counted as First Nations if they contain one or more Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander persons present on Census night, who are usual residents of the household.
First Nations households cannot be visitor only or other non-classifiable households, so those categories are excluded from this topic. For that reason, percentage distributions may not match those in the main household types page of profile.id, which includes these categories.
To continue building the story, First Nations household type should be viewed in conjunction with Household Size, Age Structure and Number of Bedrooms .
Derived from the Census question:
‘What is the person’s relationship (to each other person in the household)?’
Occupied private dwellings containing family, group and lone person households
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| Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander households - City of Casey | 2021 | 2016 | Change | |||||
| Households by type | Number | % | Victoria - First Nations % | Number | % | Victoria - First Nations % | 2016 to 2021 | |
| Couples with children | 449 | 36.5 | 29.4 | 308 | 37.9 | 31.0 | +141 | 20510 |
| Couples without children | 194 | 15.8 | 20.4 | 138 | 17.0 | 18.3 | +56 | 20511 |
| One parent families | 348 | 28.3 | 23.5 | 216 | 26.6 | 24.7 | +132 | 20512 |
| Other families | 21 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 22 | 2.7 | 2.1 | -1 | 20513 |
| Group households | 80 | 6.5 | 8.7 | 43 | 5.3 | 9.0 | +37 | 20514 |
| Lone persons | 139 | 11.3 | 16.2 | 85 | 10.5 | 14.8 | +54 | 20515 |
| Total households | 1,231 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 812 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +419 | |
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).
(Enumerated data)
Compiled and presented in profile.id by .id (informed decisions).
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Dominant groups
Analysis of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander household types in the City of Casey in 2021 compared to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population households in Victoria shows that there was a higher proportion of couple families with child(ren) as well as a higher proportion of one-parent families. Overall, 36.5% of total families were couple families with child(ren), and 28.3% were one-parent families, compared with 29.4% and 23.5% respectively for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population in Victoria.
There were a lower proportion of lone person households and a lower proportion of couples without children. Overall, the proportion of lone person households was 11.3% compared to 16.2% in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population in Victoria while the proportion of couples without children was 15.8% compared to 20.4% in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population households in Victoria.
Emerging groups
The number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander households in City of Casey increased by 419 between 2016 and 2021.
The largest changes in family/household types of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population in the City of Casey between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Couples with children (+141 households)
- One parent families (+132 households)
- Couples without children (+56 households)
- Lone persons (+54 households)