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Windang - Primbee

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In Windang - Primbee, 20.7% of households were made up of couples with children in 2021, compared with 29.3% in Wollongong City.

Windang - Primbee'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, Windang - Primbee'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
Windang - Primbee - Total households (Enumerated)20211996Change
Households by typeNumber%Wollongong City %Number%Wollongong City %1996 to 2021
Couples with children40620.729.344525.935.8-39
Couples without children46123.525.051530.023.9-54
One parent families1889.611.21518.810.6+37
Other families341.71.090.51.1+25
Group household432.24.3342.04.0+9
Lone person70035.725.446627.122.4+234
Other not classifiable household1165.93.2673.91.2+49
Visitor only households150.80.6311.81.0-16
Total households1,963100.0100.01,718100.0100.0+245
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 Windang - Primbee in 2021 compared to Wollongong City shows that there was a lower proportion of couple families with child(ren) as well as a lower proportion of one-parent families. Overall, 20.7% of total families were couple families with child(ren), and 9.6% were one-parent families, compared with 29.3% and 11.2% respectively for Wollongong City.

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 35.7% compared to 25.4% in Wollongong City while the proportion of couples without children was 23.5% compared to 25.0% in Wollongong City.

Emerging groups

The number of households in Windang - Primbee increased by 245 between 1996 and 2021.

The largest changes in family/household types in Windang - Primbee between 1996 and 2021 were:

  • Lone person (+234 households)
  • Couples without children (-54 households)

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