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Tuggerah - Mardi

Households with children

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There are 360 couples with young children in Tuggerah - Mardi in 2021, comprising 17.2% of households.

Households with Children require different services and facilities than other household types, and their needs change as both adults and children age. When many families in an area are at the same stage in their individual lifecycles, it creates a suburb lifecycle. Knowing where a suburb is in a cycle of change helps planners make evidence-based decisions about the demand for services both now and in the future.

For Households with Children in Tuggerah - Mardi, life stage is based on the age of children in the household. The age of the parent(s) is not taken into account.

  • Young children: Children aged under 15 only
  • Mixed age children: One or more children under 15 and one or more children over 15 (must have 2 or more children)
  • Older children: Children aged 15 and over only

To continue building the story, Tuggerah - Mardi's Household data should be viewed in conjunction with Household Size, Age Structure and Dwelling Type.

Q:

Derived from the Census question:

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

Households with children by life stage
Tuggerah - Mardi - Households (Enumerated)20211991Change
Households with childrenNumber%Valleys %Number%Valleys %1991 to 2021
Couples with children70833.940.420937.248.8+499
Couples with young children36017.215.814826.433.6+211
Couples with mixed-age children1024.97.4264.77.2+76
Couples with older children24611.817.2346.18.0+212
Single parents with children33616.18.1366.58.1+299
Single parents with young children1065.12.4234.14.7+83
Single parents with mixed-age children371.81.310.21.1+36
Single parents with older children1939.24.5122.12.3+181
Total households with children1,04449.948.624543.756.9+798
Total households2,091100.0100.0561100.0100.0+1,529
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 1991 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
Please refer to specific data notes for more information

Dominant groups

Analysis of the families with children in Tuggerah - Mardi in 2021 compared to Valleys shows that there was a larger proportion of couples with young children, and a smaller proportion of couples with older children.

Overall, 17.2% of total households with children were couple with young children, and 11.8% were couples with older children, compared with 15.8% and 17.2% respectively for Valleys.

There were a larger proportion of single parent households with young children and a larger proportion of single parent households with older children. Overall, the proportion of single parent households with young children was 5.1% compared to 2.4% in Valleys while the proportion of single parent households with older children was 9.2% compared to 4.5% in Valleys.

Emerging groups

Between 1991 and 2021, the number of households with children increased by 799 households or 326.1%.

The largest changes in households with children in this area between 1991 and 2021 were:

  • Couples with older children (+212 households)
  • Couples with young children (+211 households)
  • Single parents with older children (+181 households)
  • Single parents with young children (+83 households)

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