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Box Hill

Households without children

In Box Hill, older couples without children account for 6% 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 Box Hill, 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, Box Hill'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
Box Hill - Households (Enumerated)20211996Change
Households without childrenNumber%City of Whitehorse %Number%City of Whitehorse %1996 to 2021
Couples without children1,61125.023.865220.925.2+959
Young couples without children1,00815.68.136211.68.2+646
Middle-aged couples without children2293.65.11003.27.5+129
Older couples without children3745.810.71906.19.5+184
Lone person households1,96730.524.41,00232.023.4+965
Young lone persons1,09617.06.544514.27.3+651
Middle-aged lone persons4216.56.42217.15.5+200
Older lone persons4507.011.533610.710.6+114
Group households6419.94.62477.93.7+394
Total households without children4,21965.452.81,90160.852.3+2,318
Total households6,448100.0100.03,127100.0100.0+3,321
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 1996 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 Box Hill in 2021 compared to the City of Whitehorse 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 similar proportion of middle-aged lone person households, and a smaller proportion of older lone person households.

Emerging groups

Between 1996 and 2021, the number of households without children increased by 2,318.

The largest changes in households without children in Box Hill, between 1996 and 2021 were:

  • Young lone persons (+651 persons)
  • Young couples without children (+646 persons)
  • Group households (+394 persons)
  • Middle-aged lone persons (+200 persons)

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