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Blacktown City Council'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.
For persons with a disability or need for assistance with core activities, the household type topic can reveal the extent to which they live alone (and therefore may require outside assistance) or have other family members available to assist. It is also likely to be correlated with age.
Please note that people with a disability living in an institutional form of accommodation (e.g. nursing home or hostel for the disabled) are not considered to be part of a household and are not included in this topic.
To continue building the story, Blacktown City Council's Household Summary should be viewed in conjunction with Age Structure and Dwelling Structure.
Q:
Derived from the Census question:
'What is the person's relationship (to each other person in the household)?'
| Household type | |||||||
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| Blacktown City Council - Need for assistance | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||
| Households by type | Number | % | Greater Western Sydney Region | Number | % | Greater Western Sydney Region | 2016 to 2021 |
| Couples with children | 7,798 | 40.0 | 38.9 | 6,512 | 41.4 | 41.2 | +1,286 |
| Couples without children | 3,737 | 19.2 | 20.8 | 3,024 | 19.2 | 20.9 | +713 |
| One parent families | 4,441 | 22.8 | 21.2 | 3,644 | 23.1 | 20.7 | +797 |
| Other families | 362 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 290 | 1.8 | 1.6 | +72 |
| Group household | 752 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 473 | 3.0 | 2.5 | +279 |
| Lone person | 2,410 | 12.4 | 14.3 | 1,762 | 11.2 | 12.8 | +648 |
| Other not classifiable household | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37 | 0.2 | 0.3 | -30 |
| Total people counted in private dwellings | 19,507 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 15,742 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +3,765 |
Dominant groups
Analysis of the household/family types of people reporting a need for assistance in Blacktown City Council in 2021 compared to Greater Western Sydney Region shows that there was a higher proportion of people needing assistance in couple families with child(ren) as well as a higher proportion in one-parent families. Overall, 40.0% of people reporting a need for assistance were in couple families with child(ren), and 22.8% were in one-parent families, compared with 38.9% and 21.2% respectively for Greater Western Sydney Region.
There was a lower proportion of people reporting a need for assistance in lone person households and a lower proportion in couples without children. Overall, the proportion of people with a need for assistance in lone person households was 12.4% compared to 14.3% in Greater Western Sydney Region while the proportion in couples without children was 19.2% compared to 20.8% in Greater Western Sydney Region.
Emerging groups
The number people in private dwellings reporting a need for assistance in Blacktown City Council increased by 3,765 between 2016 and 2021.
The largest changes in the family/household types of people reporting a need for assistance in Blacktown City between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Couples with children (+1,286 persons)
- One parent families (+797 persons)
- Couples without children (+713 persons)
- Lone person (+648 persons)
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