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Inner West CouncilCommunity profile

Petersham

Households without children

In Petersham, older couples without children account for 5% 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 Petersham, 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, Petersham'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
Petersham - Households (Enumerated)20212016Change
Households without childrenNumber%Inner West Council area %Number%Inner West Council area %2016 to 2021
Couples without children87124.225.779623.123.8+75
Young couples without children52014.413.550914.813.0+11
Middle-aged couples without children1855.16.31534.45.9+32
Older couples without children1664.65.91343.94.9+32
Lone person households1,20933.629.295227.625.5+257
Young lone persons59016.411.243712.79.3+153
Middle-aged lone persons36810.29.53219.39.2+47
Older lone persons2517.08.51945.67.1+57
Group households3038.47.23379.88.6-34
Total households without children2,38366.262.12,08560.557.9+298
Total households3,599100.0100.03,449100.0100.0+150
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 Petersham in 2021 compared to Inner West Council area 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 larger 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 298.

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

  • Young lone persons (+153 persons)
  • Older lone persons (+57 persons)

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