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Wollert

Households without children

In Wollert, older couples without children account for 3% 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 Wollert, 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, Wollert'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
Wollert - Households (Enumerated)20212016Change
Households without childrenNumber%Epping %Number%Epping %2016 to 2021
Couples without children1,36518.219.260421.219.4+761
Young couples without children91012.17.140614.37.6+504
Middle-aged couples without children2212.95.51134.05.7+108
Older couples without children2343.16.5853.06.1+149
Lone person households87911.717.429210.315.3+587
Young lone persons4626.25.91625.75.6+300
Middle-aged lone persons2423.26.4802.85.3+162
Older lone persons1752.35.1501.84.5+125
Group households1662.22.5602.12.4+106
Total households without children2,41032.139.195633.637.1+1,454
Total households7,501100.0100.02,845100.0100.0+4,656
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 Wollert in 2021 compared to Epping 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 similar 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 1,454.

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

  • Young couples without children (+504 persons)
  • Young lone persons (+300 persons)
  • Middle-aged lone persons (+162 persons)
  • Older couples without children (+149 persons)

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