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West Tamar Municipal CouncilCommunity profile

Riverside

Households with children

There are 433 couples with young children in Riverside in 2021, comprising 14.9% of households.

Households with Children require different services and facilities than other household types, and their needs change as both adults and children age. When many families in an area are at the same stage in their individual lifecycles, it creates a suburb lifecycle. Knowing where a suburb is in a cycle of change helps planners make evidence-based decisions about the demand for services both now and in the future.

For Households with Children in Riverside, life stage is based on the age of children in the household. The age of the parent(s) is not taken into account.

  • Young children: Children aged under 15 only
  • Mixed age children: One or more children under 15 and one or more children over 15 (must have 2 or more children)
  • Older children: Children aged 15 and over only

To continue building the story, Riverside'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 with children by life stage
Riverside - Households (Enumerated)20212016Change
Households with childrenNumber%West Tamar Council area %Number%West Tamar Council area %2016 to 2021
Couples with children81728.026.871728.627.2+99
Couples with young children43314.913.737014.813.8+62
Couples with mixed-age children1324.54.21104.44.5+22
Couples with older children2528.68.92379.58.9+15
Single parents with children30110.39.32419.69.0+60
Single parents with young children1103.83.5873.53.4+23
Single parents with mixed-age children511.81.4411.61.3+10
Single parents with older children1404.84.51134.54.3+27
Total households with children1,11838.436.195838.236.2+159
Total households2,914100.0100.02,506100.0100.0+407
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 families with children in Riverside in 2021 compared to West Tamar Council area shows that there was a larger proportion of couples with young children, and a similar proportion of couples with older children.

Overall, 14.9% of total households with children were couple with young children, and 8.6% were couples with older children, compared with 13.7% and 8.9% respectively for West Tamar Council area.

There were a similar proportion of single parent households with young children and a similar proportion of single parent households with older children. Overall, the proportion of single parent households with young children was 3.8% compared to 3.5% in West Tamar Council area while the proportion of single parent households with older children was 4.8% compared to 4.5% in West Tamar Council area.

Emerging groups

Between 2016 and 2021, the number of households with children increased by 160 households or 16.7%.

The largest change in households with children in this area between 2016 and 2021 was:

  • Couples with young children (+62 households)

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