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Canning Bridge Activity Centre

Household type

In Canning Bridge Activity Centre, 16.8% of households were made up of couples with children in 2021, compared with 34.0% in the City of Melville.

Canning Bridge Activity Centre's household and family structure is one of the most important demographic indicators. It reveals the area's residential role and function, era of settlement and provides key insights into the level of demand for services and facilities as most are related to age and household types.

To continue building the story, Canning Bridge Activity Centre's Household Summary should be viewed in conjunction with Households with Children, Households without Children, Household Size, Age Structure and Dwelling Type.

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Q:

Derived from the Census question:

'What is the person's relationship (to each other person in the household)?'

Household type
Canning Bridge Activity Centre - Total households (Enumerated)20212016Change
Households by typeNumber%City of Melville %Number%City of Melville %2016 to 2021
Couples with children16116.834.015223.333.9+9
Couples without children31332.626.920230.926.2+111
One parent families515.49.1416.39.0+10
Other families111.21.171.11.3+4
Group household333.52.6213.33.0+12
Lone person33735.123.717727.222.5+159
Other not classifiable household434.51.8416.43.3+2
Visitor only households91.00.7101.60.8-1
Total households961100.0100.0655100.0100.0+306
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
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Dominant groups

Analysis of the household/family types in Canning Bridge Activity Centre in 2021 compared to the City of Melville shows that there was a lower proportion of couple families with child(ren) as well as a lower proportion of one-parent families. Overall, 16.8% of total families were couple families with child(ren), and 5.4% were one-parent families, compared with 34.0% and 9.1% respectively for the City of Melville.

There were a higher proportion of lone person households and a higher proportion of couples without children. Overall, the proportion of lone person households was 35.1% compared to 23.7% in the City of Melville while the proportion of couples without children was 32.6% compared to 26.9% in the City of Melville.

Emerging groups

The number of households in Canning Bridge Activity Centre increased by 306 between 2016 and 2021.

The largest changes in family/household types in Canning Bridge Activity Centre between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • Lone person (+159 households)
  • Couples without children (+111 households)

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