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St Georges Basin - Basin View

Households without children

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In St Georges Basin - Basin View, older couples without children account for 21% 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 St Georges Basin - Basin View, 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, St Georges Basin - Basin View'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
St Georges Basin - Basin View - Households (Enumerated)20211991Change
Households without childrenNumber%Mollymook - Narrawallee and Surrounds %Number%Mollymook - Narrawallee and Surrounds %1991 to 2021
Couples without children71535.938.223035.840.6+485
Young couples without children713.63.0304.73.5+41
Middle-aged couples without children21911.011.510616.614.8+112
Older couples without children42521.323.79214.522.4+332
Lone person households49624.924.411217.520.7+383
Young lone persons492.51.8264.14.4+23
Middle-aged lone persons1557.87.7375.95.3+117
Older lone persons29214.614.9487.611.0+243
Group households512.61.9121.92.1+39
Total households without children1,26263.364.635455.263.4+907
Total households1,994100.0100.0642100.0100.0+1,351
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 1991 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 St Georges Basin - Basin View in 2021 compared to Mollymook - Narrawallee and Surrounds 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 similar proportion of middle-aged lone person households, and a similar proportion of older lone person households.

Emerging groups

Between 1991 and 2021, the number of households without children increased by 908.

The largest changes in households without children in St Georges Basin - Basin View, between 1991 and 2021 were:

  • Older couples without children (+332 persons)
  • Older lone persons (+243 persons)
  • Middle-aged lone persons (+117 persons)
  • Middle-aged couples without children (+112 persons)

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