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Buderim - Kuluin - Mons - Kunda Park

Households without children

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In Buderim - Kuluin - Mons - Kunda Park, older couples without children account for 17% 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 Buderim - Kuluin - Mons - Kunda Park, 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, Buderim - Kuluin - Mons - Kunda Park's Household data should be viewed in conjunction with Household Size, Age Structure and Dwelling Type.

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Derived from the Census question:

'What is the person's relationship (to each other person in the household)?'

Households without children by life stage
Buderim - Kuluin - Mons - Kunda Park - Households (Enumerated)20212016Change
Households without childrenNumber%Caloundra - Kings Beach - Moffat Beach - Shelly Beach %Number%Caloundra - Kings Beach - Moffat Beach - Shelly Beach %2016 to 2021
Couples without children4,32831.630.83,93531.628.2+393
Young couples without children7155.25.06014.84.4+114
Middle-aged couples without children1,3409.810.21,36811.010.1-28
Older couples without children2,27316.615.51,96515.813.7+307
Lone person households3,07022.432.72,68921.633.5+381
Young lone persons3712.74.63432.84.9+27
Middle-aged lone persons7475.411.66915.512.1+56
Older lone persons1,95214.216.61,65313.316.5+298
Group households4293.13.94523.63.9-24
Total households without children7,82757.167.47,07656.865.6+750
Total households13,715100.0100.012,467100.0100.0+1,247
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 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 Buderim - Kuluin - Mons - Kunda Park in 2021 compared to Caloundra - Kings Beach - Moffat Beach - Shelly Beach shows that there was a similar proportion of young couples without children, a similar proportion of middle-aged couples without children, and a larger proportion of older couples without children.

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

Emerging groups

Between 2016 and 2021, the number of households without children increased by 751.

The largest changes in households without children in Buderim - Kuluin - Mons - Kunda Park, between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • Older couples without children (+307 persons)
  • Older lone persons (+298 persons)
  • Young couples without children (+114 persons)
  • Middle-aged lone persons (+56 persons)

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