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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idIn the City of Perth, 4.8% of people aged 65 years or more were in couples with children households.
The City of Perth's household and family structure is one of the most important demographic indicators.
People form different types of households at different stages in life, so this varies enormously by age group in all areas. This topic is useful, however, in comparing the types of households formed by each age group relative to the benchmark. For instance, in some areas, children may mostly live in couple families, while in others they are mainly in one-parent families. Are elderly parents still living with their extended family or do they have empty nester households?
To continue building the story, the City of Perth's Household Types should be viewed in conjunction with Dwelling Type.
Q:
Derived from the Census question:
'What is the person's relationship (to each other person in the household)?'
| Household type | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Perth - 65 years or more | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||
| Households by type | Number | % | Greater Perth | Number | % | Greater Perth | 2016 to 2021 |
| Couples with children | 135 | 4.8 | 11.2 | 99 | 4.7 | 10.6 | +36 |
| Couples without children | 1,399 | 49.9 | 51.5 | 936 | 44.2 | 51.0 | +463 |
| One parent families | 96 | 3.4 | 6.1 | 69 | 3.3 | 5.6 | +27 |
| Other families | 11 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 13 | 0.6 | 0.8 | -2 |
| Group household | 53 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 55 | 2.6 | 1.6 | -2 |
| Lone person | 873 | 31.2 | 25.7 | 654 | 30.8 | 25.2 | +219 |
| Visitor only / Other non classifiable households | 234 | 8.4 | 2.8 | 294 | 13.9 | 5.1 | -60 |
| Total people in private dwellings | 2,801 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 2,120 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +681 |
Dominant groups
Analysis of the household/family types of people aged 65 years or more in the City of Perth in 2021 compared to Greater Perth, shows that there was a lower proportion of people aged 65 years or more in couple families with child(ren) as well as a lower proportion in one-parent families. Overall, 4.8% of people aged 65 years or more were in couple families with child(ren), and 3.4% were in one-parent families, compared with 11.2% and 6.1% respectively for Greater Perth.
There was a higher proportion of people aged 65 years or more in lone person households and a lower proportion in couples without children. Overall, the proportion of people aged 65 years or more in lone person households was 31.2% compared to 25.7% in Greater Perth while the proportion of couples without children was 49.9% compared to 51.5% in Greater Perth.
Emerging groups
The number of people aged 65 years or more in households in City of Perth increased by 681 between 2016 and 2021.
The largest changes in family/household types for people aged 65 years or more in the City of Perth between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Couples without children (+463 persons)
- Lone person (+219 persons)
- Visitor only / Other non classifiable households (-60 persons)
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