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Riverside Suburbs

Households without children

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In Riverside Suburbs, older couples without children account for 9% 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 Riverside Suburbs, 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, Riverside Suburbs'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
Riverside Suburbs - Households (Enumerated)20212016Change
Households without childrenNumber%Division 8 %Number%Division 8 %2016 to 2021
Couples without children2,78427.321.22,52025.923.1+264
Young couples without children9389.26.08709.06.4+68
Middle-aged couples without children9239.06.79069.37.4+17
Older couples without children9239.08.57447.79.3+179
Lone person households2,10920.730.21,61216.626.9+497
Young lone persons8618.47.06716.96.6+190
Middle-aged lone persons6446.310.25295.48.9+115
Older lone persons6045.913.04124.211.4+192
Group households6686.54.07057.34.6-37
Total households without children5,56154.555.34,83749.854.6+724
Total households10,204100.0100.09,714100.0100.0+490
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 Riverside Suburbs in 2021 compared to Division 8 shows that there was a larger proportion of young couples without children, a larger proportion of middle-aged couples without children, and a larger proportion of older couples without children.

In addition, there were a larger 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 724.

The largest changes in households without children in Riverside Suburbs, between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • Older lone persons (+192 persons)
  • Young lone persons (+190 persons)
  • Older couples without children (+179 persons)
  • Middle-aged lone persons (+115 persons)

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