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Waurn Ponds - Ceres

Households without children

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In Waurn Ponds - Ceres, older couples without children account for 11% of total households in 2021.

Households without Children include couples without children and lone person households. They require different services depending on the age of the people in the households. For example young couples who have not had children (yet) compared to older "empty nester" couples whose children may have left home.

For Households without Children in Waurn Ponds - Ceres, life stage is based on the age of the household reference person (usually person 1 on the Census form):

  • Young: Aged 15-44
  • Middle-aged: Aged 45-64
  • Older: Aged 65 and over

To continue building the story, Waurn Ponds - Ceres'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 without children by life stage
Waurn Ponds - Ceres - Households (Enumerated)20212016Change
Households without childrenNumber%City of Greater Geelong %Number%City of Greater Geelong %2016 to 2021
Couples without children34524.826.631121.625.3+34
Young couples without children876.27.1825.76.2+5
Middle-aged couples without children997.17.5966.78.0+3
Older couples without children15911.412.01339.311.1+26
Lone person households19413.926.517111.926.3+23
Young lone persons423.06.0574.06.0-15
Middle-aged lone persons735.28.4604.28.9+13
Older lone persons795.712.0543.811.5+25
Group households594.23.61027.13.4-43
Total households without children59842.956.758440.655.0+14
Total households1,393100.0100.01,437100.0100.0-44
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
Please refer to specific data notes for more information

Dominant groups

Analysis of the households without children in Waurn Ponds - Ceres in 2021 compared to the City of Greater Geelong shows that there was a smaller proportion of young couples without children, a similar proportion of middle-aged couples without children, and a smaller proportion of older couples without children.

In addition, there were a smaller proportion of young lone person households, a smaller proportion of middle-aged lone person households, and a smaller proportion of older lone person households.

Emerging groups

Between 2016 and 2021, the number of households without children increased by 14.

There were no major differences in Waurn Ponds - Ceres between 2016 and 2021.

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