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Double Bay - Point Piper

Household type

In Double Bay - Point Piper, 18.7% of households were made up of couples with children in 2021, compared with 24.0% in Woollahra Municipality.

Double Bay - Point Piper's household and family structure is one of the most important demographic indicators. It reveals the area's residential role and function, era of settlement and provides key insights into the level of demand for services and facilities as most are related to age and household types.

To continue building the story, Double Bay - Point Piper's Household Summary should be viewed in conjunction with Households with Children, Households without Children, Household Size, Age Structure and Dwelling Type.

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Q:

Derived from the Census question:

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

Household type
Double Bay - Point Piper - Total households (Enumerated)20211996Change
Households by typeNumber%Woollahra Municipality %Number%Woollahra Municipality %1996 to 2021
Couples with children52318.724.041815.319.3+104
Couples without children81529.227.463123.122.6+183
One parent families2087.47.11746.46.3+33
Other families331.20.9501.81.8-17
Group household2177.85.92499.29.3-33
Lone person86831.130.396835.533.6-101
Other not classifiable household1013.63.21726.35.2-72
Visitor only households301.11.2642.31.8-34
Total households2,795100.0100.02,730100.0100.0+64
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 1996 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
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Dominant groups

Analysis of the household/family types in Double Bay - Point Piper in 2021 compared to Woollahra Municipality shows that there was a lower proportion of couple families with child(ren) as well as a similar proportion of one-parent families. Overall, 18.7% of total families were couple families with child(ren), and 7.4% were one-parent families, compared with 24.0% and 7.1% respectively for Woollahra Municipality.

There were a higher proportion of lone person households and a higher proportion of couples without children. Overall, the proportion of lone person households was 31.1% compared to 30.3% in Woollahra Municipality while the proportion of couples without children was 29.2% compared to 27.4% in Woollahra Municipality.

Emerging groups

The number of households in Double Bay - Point Piper increased by 65 between 1996 and 2021.

The largest changes in family/household types in Double Bay - Point Piper between 1996 and 2021 were:

  • Couples without children (+183 households)
  • Couples with children (+104 households)
  • Lone person (-101 households)

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