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Keilor Road / Essendon North (N)

Households without children

In Keilor Road / Essendon North (N), older couples without children account for 7% of total households in 2021.

Households without Children include couples without children and lone person households. They require different services depending on the age of the people in the households. For example young couples who have not had children (yet) compared to older "empty nester" couples whose children may have left home.

For Households without Children in Keilor Road / Essendon North (N), life stage is based on the age of the household reference person (usually person 1 on the Census form):

  • Young: Aged 15-44
  • Middle-aged: Aged 45-64
  • Older: Aged 65 and over

To continue building the story, Keilor Road / Essendon North (N)'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 without children by life stage
Keilor Road / Essendon North (N) - Households (Enumerated)20212001Change
Households without childrenNumber%Strathmore Heights (N) %Number%Strathmore Heights (N) %2001 to 2021
Couples without children1,02822.122.671823.627.3+310
Young couples without children4629.95.22548.47.2+208
Middle-aged couples without children2184.76.11434.79.3+75
Older couples without children3477.511.331910.510.8+28
Lone person households1,64235.219.287128.617.2+771
Young lone persons59412.73.12899.55.2+304
Middle-aged lone persons48410.47.51846.15.5+300
Older lone persons56312.18.739613.06.5+167
Group households1553.32.11183.91.7+37
Total households without children2,82660.743.81,70856.146.2+1,119
Total households4,660100.0100.03,043100.0100.0+1,617
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 households without children in Keilor Road / Essendon North (N) in 2021 compared to Strathmore Heights (N) shows that there was a larger proportion of young couples without children, a smaller proportion of middle-aged couples without children, and a smaller proportion of older couples without children.

In addition, there were a larger proportion of young lone person households, a larger proportion of middle-aged lone person households, and a larger proportion of older lone person households.

Emerging groups

Between 2001 and 2021, the number of households without children increased by 1,118.

The largest changes in households without children in Keilor Road / Essendon North (N), between 2001 and 2021 were:

  • Young lone persons (+304 persons)
  • Middle-aged lone persons (+300 persons)
  • Young couples without children (+208 persons)
  • Older lone persons (+167 persons)

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