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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idIn the City of Melville, 56.3% of people born in South Africa were in couples with children households.
The City of Melville's household and family structure is one of the most important demographic indicators. For the overseas-born population, only those family members who were born overseas are counted. Other family members who were born in Australia or did not state their birthplace are not included in the table. However, if multiple household members were born overseas, the household will be counted more than once in this topic.
This topic reveals the area's residential role and function for the overseas-born and what type of households they are forming. This is likely to be strongly related to Age Structure, while recent migrants are young and likely to form families (and group households in the case of student areas), more established migrant communities may have older families and empty nesters in their mix of households.
To continue building the story of the overseas-born community in City of Melville, please look at this topic in conjunction with Age Structure, Household Size and Number of Bedrooms.
Q:
Derived from the Census question:
'What is the person's relationship (to each other person in the household)?'
| Household type | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Melville - born in South Africa | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||
| Households by type | Number | % | Greater Perth | Number | % | Greater Perth | 2016 to 2021 |
| Couples with children | 939 | 56.3 | 57.4 | 901 | 56.8 | 63.0 | +38 |
| Couples without children | 415 | 24.9 | 24.0 | 363 | 22.9 | 20.5 | +52 |
| One parent families | 100 | 6.0 | 7.4 | 130 | 8.2 | 7.0 | -30 |
| Other families | 12 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 9 | 0.6 | 0.8 | +3 |
| Group household | 40 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 46 | 2.9 | 2.2 | -6 |
| Lone person | 159 | 9.5 | 7.8 | 133 | 8.4 | 6.2 | +26 |
| Visitor only / Other non classifiable households | 4 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0 |
| Total persons counted in private dwellings | 1,669 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 1,586 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +83 |
Dominant groups
Analysis of the household/family types for people born in South Africa in the City of Melville in 2021 compared to Greater Perth, shows that there was a lower proportion of people born in South Africa in couple families with children as well as a lower proportion in one-parent families. Overall, 56.3% of people born in South Africa were in couple families with children, and 6.0% were in one-parent families, compared with 57.4% and 7.4% respectively for Greater Perth.
There were a higher proportion of people born in South Africa in lone person households and a higher proportion in couples without children. Overall, the proportion of people born in South Africa in lone person households was 9.5% compared to 7.8% in Greater Perth while the proportion in couples without children was 24.9% compared to 24.0% in Greater Perth.
Emerging groups
The number of people born in South Africa in households in City of Melville increased by 83 between 2016 and 2021.
The largest change in family/household types of people born in South Africa in the City of Melville between 2016 and 2021 was:
- Couples without children (+52 persons)
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