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Bayside Council area

Household type

In Bayside Council, 31.8% of people aged 50 years or more were in couples with children households.

Bayside Council'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, Bayside Council'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
Bayside Council - 50 years or more20212016Change
Households by typeNumber%Greater SydneyNumber%Greater Sydney2016 to 2021
Couples with children16,35731.833.214,48532.233.4+1,872
Couples without children15,18329.533.013,12129.232.4+2,062
One parent families6,03411.710.24,94511.09.7+1,089
Other families7641.51.16791.51.1+85
Group household1,4942.92.41,3192.92.4+175
Lone person9,73718.916.98,39618.716.6+1,341
Visitor only / Other non classifiable households1,8323.63.22,0044.54.4-172
Total people in private dwellings51,401100.0100.044,949100.0100.0+6,452
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 50 years or more in Bayside Council in 2021 compared to Greater Sydney, shows that there was a lower proportion of people aged 50 years or more in couple families with child(ren) as well as a higher proportion in one-parent families. Overall, 31.8% of people aged 50 years or more were in couple families with child(ren), and 11.7% were in one-parent families, compared with 33.2% and 10.2% respectively for Greater Sydney.

There was a higher proportion of people aged 50 years or more in lone person households and a lower proportion in couples without children. Overall, the proportion of people aged 50 years or more in lone person households was 18.9% compared to 16.9% in Greater Sydney while the proportion of couples without children was 29.5% compared to 33.0% in Greater Sydney.

Emerging groups

The number of people aged 50 years or more in households in Bayside Council area increased by 6,452 between 2016 and 2021.

The largest changes in family/household types for people aged 50 years or more in Bayside Council area between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • Couples without children (+2,062 persons)
  • Couples with children (+1,872 persons)
  • Lone person (+1,341 persons)
  • One parent families (+1,089 persons)

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