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Coastal & Bribie Planning Area

Households without children

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In Coastal & Bribie Planning Area, older couples without children account for 26% 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 Coastal & Bribie Planning Area, 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, Coastal & Bribie Planning Area'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
Coastal & Bribie Planning Area - Households (Enumerated)20212011Change
Households without childrenNumber%Cashmere - Clear Mountain %Number%Cashmere - Clear Mountain %2011 to 2021
Couples without children6,84840.130.84,99037.127.2+1,857
Young couples without children3582.14.14183.15.8-60
Middle-aged couples without children2,03611.915.81,85813.813.7+177
Older couples without children4,45426.110.92,71420.27.7+1,740
Lone person households4,70327.57.03,48325.95.8+1,220
Young lone persons2881.71.03952.91.2-108
Middle-aged lone persons1,2807.52.61,0868.12.7+194
Older lone persons3,13518.43.52,00114.91.9+1,134
Group households4572.70.93752.80.9+81
Total households without children12,00870.338.88,85065.733.9+3,158
Total households17,075100.0100.013,461100.0100.0+3,613
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2011 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 Coastal & Bribie Planning Area in 2021 compared to Cashmere - Clear Mountain shows that there was a smaller proportion of young couples without children, a smaller proportion of middle-aged couples without children, and a larger 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 2011 and 2021, the number of households without children increased by 3,158.

The largest changes in households without children in Coastal & Bribie Planning Area, between 2011 and 2021 were:

  • Older couples without children (+1,740 persons)
  • Older lone persons (+1,134 persons)
  • Middle-aged lone persons (+194 persons)
  • Middle-aged couples without children (+177 persons)

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