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Hoxton Park - Carnes Hill

Households with children

There are 601 couples with young children in Hoxton Park - Carnes Hill in 2021, comprising 27.7% 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 Hoxton Park - Carnes Hill, 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, Hoxton Park - Carnes Hill'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
Hoxton Park - Carnes Hill - Households (Enumerated)20212001Change
Households with childrenNumber%Ashcroft - Mount Pritchard %Number%Ashcroft - Mount Pritchard %2001 to 2021
Couples with children1,27058.633.458562.635.9+685
Couples with young children60127.714.837940.516.7+222
Couples with mixed-age children23510.87.49910.68.3+136
Couples with older children43420.011.310711.410.9+327
Single parents with children28613.219.710911.718.6+177
Single parents with young children833.86.6454.87.3+38
Single parents with mixed-age children502.32.8262.83.6+24
Single parents with older children1537.110.3384.17.7+115
Total households with children1,55671.853.169474.254.6+862
Total households2,168100.0100.0935100.0100.0+1,233
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2001 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 Hoxton Park - Carnes Hill in 2021 compared to Ashcroft - Mount Pritchard shows that there was a larger proportion of couples with young children, as well as a larger proportion of couples with older children.

Overall, 27.7% of total households with children were couple with young children, and 20.0% were couples with older children, compared with 14.8% and 11.3% respectively for Ashcroft - Mount Pritchard.

There were a smaller proportion of single parent households with young children and a smaller proportion of single parent households with older children. Overall, the proportion of single parent households with young children was 3.8% compared to 6.6% in Ashcroft - Mount Pritchard while the proportion of single parent households with older children was 7.1% compared to 10.3% in Ashcroft - Mount Pritchard.

Emerging groups

Between 2001 and 2021, the number of households with children increased by 862 households or 124.2%.

The largest changes in households with children in this area between 2001 and 2021 were:

  • Couples with older children (+327 households)
  • Couples with young children (+222 households)
  • Couples with mixed-age children (+136 households)
  • Single parents with older children (+115 households)

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