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City of Ipswich

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In the City of Ipswich, 34.6% of people born in United Kingdom were in couples with children households.

The City of Ipswich's household and family structure is one of the most important demographic indicators. For the overseas-born population, only those family members who were born overseas are counted. Other family members who were born in Australia or did not state their birthplace are not included in the table. However, if multiple household members were born overseas, the household will be counted more than once in this topic.

This topic reveals the area's residential role and function for the overseas-born and what type of households they are forming. This is likely to be strongly related to Age Structure, while recent migrants are young and likely to form families (and group households in the case of student areas), more established migrant communities may have older families and empty nesters in their mix of households.

To continue building the story of the overseas-born community in City of Ipswich, please look at this topic in conjunction with Age Structure, Household Size and Number of Bedrooms.

Q:

Derived from the Census question:

'What is the person's relationship (to each other person in the household)?'

Household type
City of Ipswich - born in United Kingdom20212016Change
Households by typeNumber%South East QueenslandNumber%South East Queensland2016 to 2021
Couples with children2,63434.637.52,73938.739.7-105
Couples without children2,73935.936.82,44834.635.7+291
One parent families80610.67.96919.87.5+115
Other families530.70.6470.70.6+6
Group household2042.73.21832.63.2+21
Lone person1,16015.213.195313.512.5+207
Visitor only / Other non classifiable households230.30.8160.20.9+7
Total persons counted in private dwellings7,619100.0100.07,077100.0100.0+542
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 for people born in United Kingdom in the City of Ipswich in 2021 compared to South East Queensland, shows that there was a lower proportion of people born in United Kingdom in couple families with children as well as a higher proportion in one-parent families. Overall, 34.6% of people born in United Kingdom were in couple families with children, and 10.6% were in one-parent families, compared with 37.5% and 7.9% respectively for South East Queensland.

There were a higher proportion of people born in United Kingdom in lone person households and a lower proportion in couples without children. Overall, the proportion of people born in United Kingdom in lone person households was 15.2% compared to 13.1% in South East Queensland while the proportion in couples without children was 35.9% compared to 36.8% in South East Queensland.

Emerging groups

The number of people born in United Kingdom in households in City of Ipswich increased by 542 between 2016 and 2021.

The largest changes in family/household types of people born in United Kingdom in the City of Ipswich 2016 and 2021 were:

  • Couples without children (+291 persons)
  • Lone person (+207 persons)
  • One parent families (+115 persons)
  • Couples with children (-105 persons)

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