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Pacific Palms - Coomba Park area

Household type

In Pacific Palms - Coomba Park area, 16.5% of households were made up of couples with children in 2021, compared with 15.3% in Harrington and surrounds.

Pacific Palms - Coomba Park area'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, Pacific Palms - Coomba Park area'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
Pacific Palms - Coomba Park area - Total households (Enumerated)20212016Change
Households by typeNumber%Harrington and surrounds %Number%Harrington and surrounds %2016 to 2021
Couples with children30716.515.331420.717.8-8
Couples without children60532.539.448531.937.0+120
One parent families1699.19.01298.58.4+39
Other families130.70.990.61.0+4
Group household422.32.3473.12.6-5
Lone person45024.225.935723.524.9+93
Other not classifiable household1276.84.4825.45.6+44
Visitor only households1467.92.8956.32.6+51
Total households1,859100.0100.01,521100.0100.0+338
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 Pacific Palms - Coomba Park area in 2021 compared to Harrington and surrounds shows that there was a higher proportion of couple families with child(ren) as well as a similar proportion of one-parent families. Overall, 16.5% of total families were couple families with child(ren), and 9.1% were one-parent families, compared with 15.3% and 9.0% respectively for Harrington and surrounds.

There were a lower proportion of lone person households and a lower proportion of couples without children. Overall, the proportion of lone person households was 24.2% compared to 25.9% in Harrington and surrounds while the proportion of couples without children was 32.5% compared to 39.4% in Harrington and surrounds.

Emerging groups

The number of households in Pacific Palms - Coomba Park area increased by 338 between 2016 and 2021.

The largest changes in family/household types in Pacific Palms - Coomba Park area between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • Couples without children (+120 households)
  • Lone person (+93 households)

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