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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idIn the City of Ryde, 22.5% of people aged 65 to 79 years were in couples with children households.
The City of Ryde'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, the City of Ryde'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 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Ryde - 65 to 79 years | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||
| Households by type | Number | % | New South Wales | Number | % | New South Wales | 2016 to 2021 |
| Couples with children | 2,989 | 22.5 | 14.5 | 2,358 | 21.7 | 14.1 | +631 |
| Couples without children | 5,874 | 44.1 | 50.1 | 4,728 | 43.5 | 49.7 | +1,146 |
| One parent families | 950 | 7.1 | 6.5 | 776 | 7.1 | 6.0 | +174 |
| Other families | 185 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 137 | 1.3 | 1.1 | +48 |
| Group household | 325 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 229 | 2.1 | 2.2 | +96 |
| Lone person | 2,685 | 20.2 | 21.1 | 2,258 | 20.8 | 20.9 | +427 |
| Visitor only / Other non classifiable households | 305 | 2.3 | 4.2 | 387 | 3.6 | 6.0 | -82 |
| Total people in private dwellings | 13,313 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 10,873 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +2,440 |
Dominant groups
Analysis of the household/family types of people aged 65 to 79 years in the City of Ryde in 2021 compared to New South Wales, shows that there was a higher proportion of people aged 65 to 79 years in couple families with child(ren) as well as a higher proportion in one-parent families. Overall, 22.5% of people aged 65 to 79 years were in couple families with child(ren), and 7.1% were in one-parent families, compared with 14.5% and 6.5% respectively for New South Wales.
There was a lower proportion of people aged 65 to 79 years in lone person households and a lower proportion in couples without children. Overall, the proportion of people aged 65 to 79 years in lone person households was 20.2% compared to 21.1% in New South Wales while the proportion of couples without children was 44.1% compared to 50.1% in New South Wales.
Emerging groups
The number of people aged 65 to 79 years in households in City of Ryde increased by 2,440 between 2016 and 2021.
The largest changes in family/household types for people aged 65 to 79 years in the City of Ryde between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Couples without children (+1,146 persons)
- Couples with children (+631 persons)
- Lone person (+427 persons)
- One parent families (+174 persons)
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