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Meadow Heights

Households with children

There are 770 couples with young children in Meadow Heights in 2021, comprising 16.9% 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 Meadow Heights, 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, Meadow Heights'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
Meadow Heights - Households (Enumerated)20211991Change
Households with childrenNumber%Roxburgh Park %Number%Roxburgh Park %1991 to 2021
Couples with children1,88841.555.21,58763.647.9+301
Couples with young children77016.921.91,20448.325.9-434
Couples with mixed-age children3367.413.02218.99.3+115
Couples with older children78217.220.41626.512.8+620
Single parents with children82918.214.034213.76.7+487
Single parents with young children2315.13.72208.82.6+11
Single parents with mixed-age children1092.42.4612.41.0+48
Single parents with older children48910.88.0612.43.2+428
Total households with children2,71759.869.31,92977.354.6+788
Total households4,546100.0100.02,495100.0100.0+2,051
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 Meadow Heights in 2021 compared to Roxburgh Park shows that there was a smaller proportion of couples with young children, as well as a smaller proportion of couples with older children.

Overall, 16.9% of total households with children were couple with young children, and 17.2% were couples with older children, compared with 21.9% and 20.4% respectively for Roxburgh Park.

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 3.7% in Roxburgh Park while the proportion of single parent households with older children was 10.8% compared to 8.0% in Roxburgh Park.

Emerging groups

Between 1991 and 2021, the number of households with children increased by 788 households or 40.9%.

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

  • Couples with older children (+620 households)
  • Couples with young children (-434 households)
  • Single parents with older children (+428 households)
  • Couples with mixed-age children (+115 households)

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