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Tullamarine - Melbourne Airport

Households without children

In Tullamarine - Melbourne Airport, older couples without children account for 10% 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 Tullamarine - Melbourne Airport, 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, Tullamarine - Melbourne Airport'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
Tullamarine - Melbourne Airport - Households (Enumerated)20212016Change
Households without childrenNumber%Hume City %Number%Hume City %2016 to 2021
Couples without children69724.319.264723.119.0+50
Young couples without children2599.07.32378.56.5+22
Middle-aged couples without children1465.15.31435.15.8+3
Older couples without children29210.26.72679.56.7+25
Lone person households92132.116.383129.715.8+90
Young lone persons2448.54.82328.34.5+12
Middle-aged lone persons32211.25.628410.15.7+38
Older lone persons35512.45.931511.25.5+40
Group households712.52.2993.52.2-28
Total households without children1,68958.837.81,57756.337.0+112
Total households2,873100.0100.02,801100.0100.0+72
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 Tullamarine - Melbourne Airport in 2021 compared to Hume City shows that there was a larger proportion of young couples without children, a similar proportion of middle-aged couples without children, and a larger proportion of older couples without children.

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

Emerging groups

Between 2016 and 2021, the number of households without children increased by 112.

There were no major differences in Tullamarine - Melbourne Airport between 2016 and 2021.

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