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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idThere are 924 couples with young children in Marsden in 2021, comprising 19.4% 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 Marsden, 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, Marsden'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)?'
Dominant groups
Analysis of the families with children in Marsden in 2021 compared to Logan City shows that there was a larger proportion of couples with young children, and a smaller proportion of couples with older children.
Overall, 19.4% of total households with children were couple with young children, and 8.4% were couples with older children, compared with 18.3% and 9.5% respectively for Logan City.
There were a larger proportion of single parent households with young children and a similar proportion of single parent households with older children. Overall, the proportion of single parent households with young children was 8.8% compared to 6.4% in Logan City while the proportion of single parent households with older children was 6.5% compared to 6.3% in Logan City.
Emerging groups
Between 1991 and 2021, the number of households with children increased by 1,322 households or 100.8%.
The largest changes in households with children in this area between 1991 and 2021 were:
- Couples with older children (+314 households)
- Couples with mixed-age children (+286 households)
- Single parents with older children (+260 households)
- Single parents with young children (+257 households)
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