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Surf Beach - Batehaven - Sunshine Bay - Denhams Beach

Household type

In Surf Beach - Batehaven - Sunshine Bay - Denhams Beach, 14.7% of households were made up of couples with children in 2021, compared with 16.6% in Eurobodalla Shire.

Surf Beach - Batehaven - Sunshine Bay - Denhams Beach'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, Surf Beach - Batehaven - Sunshine Bay - Denhams Beach'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
Surf Beach - Batehaven - Sunshine Bay - Denhams Beach - Total households (Enumerated)20212016Change
Households by typeNumber%Eurobodalla Shire %Number%Eurobodalla Shire %2016 to 2021
Couples with children40414.716.637215.417.0+32
Couples without children88432.333.976331.633.6+120
One parent families29010.69.127511.49.7+14
Other families220.80.790.40.7+13
Group household521.92.3672.82.2-15
Lone person85431.228.073830.528.3+115
Other not classifiable household1224.55.11315.45.6-9
Visitor only households1134.14.2622.63.1+51
Total households2,741100.0100.02,419100.0100.0+321
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
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Dominant groups

Analysis of the household/family types in Surf Beach - Batehaven - Sunshine Bay - Denhams Beach in 2021 compared to Eurobodalla Shire shows that there was a lower proportion of couple families with child(ren) as well as a higher proportion of one-parent families. Overall, 14.7% of total families were couple families with child(ren), and 10.6% were one-parent families, compared with 16.6% and 9.1% respectively for Eurobodalla Shire.

There were a higher proportion of lone person households and a lower proportion of couples without children. Overall, the proportion of lone person households was 31.2% compared to 28.0% in Eurobodalla Shire while the proportion of couples without children was 32.3% compared to 33.9% in Eurobodalla Shire.

Emerging groups

The number of households in Surf Beach - Batehaven - Sunshine Bay - Denhams Beach increased by 322 between 2016 and 2021.

The largest changes in family/household types in Surf Beach - Batehaven - Sunshine Bay - Denhams Beach between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • Couples without children (+120 households)
  • Lone person (+115 households)

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