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Household type

In Blacktown City Council, 44.4% of people aged 55 to 64 years were in couples with children households.

Blacktown City 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, Blacktown City 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
Blacktown City Council - 55 to 64 years20212016Change
Households by typeNumber%Greater SydneyNumber%Greater Sydney2016 to 2021
Couples with children16,69044.439.914,42043.439.2+2,270
Couples without children9,50425.328.88,93926.929.7+565
One parent families4,73412.610.93,92111.810.2+813
Other families5381.41.14371.31.1+101
Group household9522.52.68112.42.7+141
Lone person3,88810.313.43,43010.312.8+458
Visitor only / Other non classifiable households1,3083.53.21,2683.84.4+40
Total people in private dwellings37,614100.0100.033,226100.0100.0+4,388
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 55 to 64 years in Blacktown City Council in 2021 compared to Greater Sydney, shows that there was a higher proportion of people aged 55 to 64 years in couple families with child(ren) as well as a higher proportion in one-parent families. Overall, 44.4% of people aged 55 to 64 years were in couple families with child(ren), and 12.6% were in one-parent families, compared with 39.9% and 10.9% respectively for Greater Sydney.

There was a lower proportion of people aged 55 to 64 years in lone person households and a lower proportion in couples without children. Overall, the proportion of people aged 55 to 64 years in lone person households was 10.3% compared to 13.4% in Greater Sydney while the proportion of couples without children was 25.3% compared to 28.8% in Greater Sydney.

Emerging groups

The number of people aged 55 to 64 years in households in Blacktown City increased by 4,388 between 2016 and 2021.

The largest changes in family/household types for people aged 55 to 64 years in Blacktown City between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • Couples with children (+2,270 persons)
  • One parent families (+813 persons)
  • Couples without children (+565 persons)
  • Lone person (+458 persons)

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