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Strathmore - Strathmore Heights - Essendon Fields

Household type

In Strathmore - Strathmore Heights - Essendon Fields, 43.9% of households were made up of couples with children in 2021, compared with 30.9% in Victoria.

Strathmore - Strathmore Heights - Essendon Fields'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, Strathmore - Strathmore Heights - Essendon Fields'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
Strathmore - Strathmore Heights - Essendon Fields - Total households (Enumerated)20212016Change
Households by typeNumber%Victoria %Number%Victoria %2016 to 2021
Couples with children1,55543.930.91,43843.831.4+117
Couples without children81823.124.673922.524.0+79
One parent families3349.410.22908.810.1+44
Other families280.81.2481.51.2-20
Group household641.83.8641.94.30
Lone person65918.624.758617.823.3+73
Other not classifiable household671.93.71003.04.7-33
Visitor only households160.51.0180.51.1-2
Total households3,541100.0100.03,283100.0100.0+258
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 Strathmore - Strathmore Heights - Essendon Fields in 2021 compared to Victoria shows that there was a higher proportion of couple families with child(ren) as well as a lower proportion of one-parent families. Overall, 43.9% of total families were couple families with child(ren), and 9.4% were one-parent families, compared with 30.9% and 10.2% respectively for Victoria.

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 18.6% compared to 24.7% in Victoria while the proportion of couples without children was 23.1% compared to 24.6% in Victoria.

Emerging groups

The number of households in Strathmore - Strathmore Heights - Essendon Fields increased by 258 between 2016 and 2021.

The largest changes in family/household types in Strathmore - Strathmore Heights - Essendon Fields between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • Couples with children (+117 households)
  • Couples without children (+79 households)
  • Lone person (+73 households)

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