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Peachester - Crohamhurst - Booroobin - Wootha

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In Peachester - Crohamhurst - Booroobin - Wootha, 30.9% of households were made up of couples with children in 2021, compared with 27.0% in Sunshine Coast.

Peachester - Crohamhurst - Booroobin - Wootha's household and family structure is one of the most important demographic indicators. It reveals the area's residential role and function, era of settlement and provides key insights into the level of demand for services and facilities as most are related to age and household types.

To continue building the story, Peachester - Crohamhurst - Booroobin - Wootha's Household Summary should be viewed in conjunction with Households with Children, Households without Children, 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)?'

Household type
Peachester - Crohamhurst - Booroobin - Wootha - Total households (Enumerated)20211991Change
Households by typeNumber%Sunshine Coast %Number%Sunshine Coast %1991 to 2021
Couples with children23330.927.013643.332.6+96
Couples without children25433.630.210633.729.2+148
One parent families749.810.5144.68.1+59
Other families81.10.810.50.9+6
Group household152.03.731.13.4+12
Lone person13217.522.23812.117.6+94
Other not classifiable household334.43.441.51.6+28
Visitor only households60.82.2103.26.6-4
Total households755100.0100.0315100.0100.0+439
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 1991 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
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Dominant groups

Analysis of the household/family types in Peachester - Crohamhurst - Booroobin - Wootha in 2021 compared to Sunshine Coast shows that there was a higher proportion of couple families with child(ren) as well as a lower proportion of one-parent families. Overall, 30.9% of total families were couple families with child(ren), and 9.8% were one-parent families, compared with 27.0% and 10.5% respectively for Sunshine Coast.

There were a lower proportion of lone person households and a higher proportion of couples without children. Overall, the proportion of lone person households was 17.5% compared to 22.2% in Sunshine Coast while the proportion of couples without children was 33.6% compared to 30.2% in Sunshine Coast.

Emerging groups

The number of households in Peachester - Crohamhurst - Booroobin - Wootha increased by 440 between 1991 and 2021.

The largest changes in family/household types in Peachester - Crohamhurst - Booroobin - Wootha between 1991 and 2021 were:

  • Couples without children (+148 households)
  • Couples with children (+96 households)
  • Lone person (+94 households)
  • One parent families (+59 households)

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