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City of West Torrens

Household type

In the City of West Torrens, 25.9% of people aged 25 to 34 years were in couples with children households.

The City of West Torrens's household and family structure is one of the most important demographic indicators.

People form different types of households at different stages in life, so this varies enormously by age group in all areas. This topic is useful, however, in comparing the types of households formed by each age group relative to the benchmark. For instance, in some areas, children may mostly live in couple families, while in others they are mainly in one-parent families. Are elderly parents still living with their extended family or do they have empty nester households?

To continue building the story, the City of West Torrens's Household Types should be viewed in conjunction with Dwelling Type.

Q:

Derived from the Census question:

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

Household type
City of West Torrens - 25 to 34 years20212016Change
Households by typeNumber%Greater AdelaideNumber%Greater Adelaide2016 to 2021
Couples with children2,82425.937.32,98530.439.6-161
Couples without children4,02436.828.73,18232.426.2+842
One parent families6886.310.65695.810.4+119
Other families3273.02.32742.82.1+53
Group household1,78916.49.11,42714.58.6+362
Lone person9999.19.098410.08.9+15
Visitor only / Other non classifiable households2692.53.14074.14.1-138
Total people in private dwellings10,920100.0100.09,828100.0100.0+1,092
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 household/family types of people aged 25 to 34 years in the City of West Torrens in 2021 compared to Greater Adelaide, shows that there was a lower proportion of people aged 25 to 34 years in couple families with child(ren) as well as a lower proportion in one-parent families. Overall, 25.9% of people aged 25 to 34 years were in couple families with child(ren), and 6.3% were in one-parent families, compared with 37.3% and 10.6% respectively for Greater Adelaide.

There was a similar proportion of people aged 25 to 34 years in lone person households and a higher proportion in couples without children. Overall, the proportion of people aged 25 to 34 years in lone person households was 9.1% compared to 9.0% in Greater Adelaide while the proportion of couples without children was 36.8% compared to 28.7% in Greater Adelaide.

Emerging groups

The number of people aged 25 to 34 years in households in City of West Torrens increased by 1,092 between 2016 and 2021.

The largest changes in family/household types for people aged 25 to 34 years in the City of West Torrens between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • Couples without children (+842 persons)
  • Group household (+362 persons)
  • Couples with children (-161 persons)
  • Visitor only / Other non classifiable households (-138 persons)

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