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Flinders

Households without children

In Flinders, older couples without children account for 10% 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 Flinders, 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, Flinders'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
Flinders - Households (Enumerated)20212006Change
Households without childrenNumber%Albion Park - Tullimbar %Number%Albion Park - Tullimbar %2006 to 2021
Couples without children59424.427.930722.323.5+287
Young couples without children1476.07.1936.77.8+54
Middle-aged couples without children1988.110.41249.08.8+74
Older couples without children24910.210.4906.56.9+159
Lone person households36615.115.520014.512.2+166
Young lone persons702.93.0604.43.8+10
Middle-aged lone persons1255.15.1634.63.9+62
Older lone persons1717.07.4775.64.4+94
Group households351.41.6201.51.2+15
Total households without children99540.945.052738.236.9+468
Total households2,430100.0100.01,378100.0100.0+1,052
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2006 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 Flinders in 2021 compared to Albion Park - Tullimbar shows that there was a smaller proportion of young couples without children, a smaller proportion of middle-aged couples without children, and a similar proportion of older couples without children.

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

Emerging groups

Between 2006 and 2021, the number of households without children increased by 468.

The largest changes in households without children in Flinders, between 2006 and 2021 were:

  • Older couples without children (+159 persons)
  • Older lone persons (+94 persons)
  • Middle-aged couples without children (+74 persons)
  • Middle-aged lone persons (+62 persons)

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