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Bohle Plains - Rangewood - Shaw

Households without children

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In Bohle Plains - Rangewood - Shaw, older couples without children account for 7% 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 Bohle Plains - Rangewood - Shaw, 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, Bohle Plains - Rangewood - Shaw'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
Bohle Plains - Rangewood - Shaw - Households (Enumerated)20212001Change
Households without childrenNumber%Kirwan and Upper Ross %Number%Kirwan and Upper Ross %2001 to 2021
Couples without children66031.226.110928.323.7+551
Young couples without children32515.45.6287.39.9+297
Middle-aged couples without children1929.110.36717.49.9+125
Older couples without children1436.810.2143.63.8+129
Lone person households26812.721.0348.812.5+234
Young lone persons1336.35.6123.15.3+121
Middle-aged lone persons643.06.9164.24.3+48
Older lone persons713.48.561.62.9+65
Group households602.83.271.82.9+53
Total households without children98846.750.415039.039.0+838
Total households2,116100.0100.0385100.0100.0+1,731
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2001 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 Bohle Plains - Rangewood - Shaw in 2021 compared to Kirwan and Upper Ross 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 smaller proportion of middle-aged lone person households, and a smaller proportion of older lone person households.

Emerging groups

Between 2001 and 2021, the number of households without children increased by 838.

The largest changes in households without children in Bohle Plains - Rangewood - Shaw, between 2001 and 2021 were:

  • Young couples without children (+297 persons)
  • Older couples without children (+129 persons)
  • Middle-aged couples without children (+125 persons)
  • Young lone persons (+121 persons)

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