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Long Jetty - Shelly Beach - Toowoon Bay - Blue Bay

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In Long Jetty - Shelly Beach - Toowoon Bay - Blue Bay, 19.2% of households were made up of couples with children in 2021, compared with 18.1% in Erina.

Long Jetty - Shelly Beach - Toowoon Bay - Blue Bay'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.

To continue building the story, Long Jetty - Shelly Beach - Toowoon Bay - Blue Bay's Household Summary should be viewed in conjunction with Households with Children, Households without Children, Household Size, Age Structure and Dwelling Type.

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Q:

Derived from the Census question:

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

Household type
Long Jetty - Shelly Beach - Toowoon Bay - Blue Bay - Total households (Enumerated)20212016Change
Households by typeNumber%Erina %Number%Erina %2016 to 2021
Couples with children84019.218.179319.319.6+47
Couples without children1,05124.028.193522.827.9+116
One parent families56512.97.056713.87.4-2
Other families511.20.4491.20.7+2
Group household1433.31.71473.62.0-4
Lone person1,46533.539.21,34332.839.3+122
Other not classifiable household1794.15.22024.92.9-23
Visitor only households801.80.3641.60.2+16
Total households4,374100.0100.04,100100.0100.0+274
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
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Dominant groups

Analysis of the household/family types in Long Jetty - Shelly Beach - Toowoon Bay - Blue Bay in 2021 compared to Erina shows that there was a higher proportion of couple families with child(ren) as well as a higher proportion of one-parent families. Overall, 19.2% of total families were couple families with child(ren), and 12.9% were one-parent families, compared with 18.1% and 7.0% respectively for Erina.

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 33.5% compared to 39.2% in Erina while the proportion of couples without children was 24.0% compared to 28.1% in Erina.

Emerging groups

The number of households in Long Jetty - Shelly Beach - Toowoon Bay - Blue Bay increased by 274 between 2016 and 2021.

The largest changes in family/household types in Long Jetty - Shelly Beach - Toowoon Bay - Blue Bay between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • Lone person (+122 households)
  • Couples without children (+116 households)

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