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City of Port Phillip

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In City of Port Phillip, 15.8% of people born in Ireland were in couples with children households.

City of Port Phillip'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 Port Phillip, 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 Port Phillip - born in Ireland20212016Change
Households by typeNumber%IMAP areaNumber%IMAP area2016 to 2021
Couples with children22115.817.517615.417.3+45
Couples without children60543.344.655448.546.6+51
One parent families292.12.0111.01.7+18
Other families70.50.7100.90.9-3
Group household30621.918.922519.719.3+81
Lone person21915.715.615813.813.5+61
Visitor only / Other non classifiable households110.80.690.80.7+2
Total persons counted in private dwellings1,398100.0100.01,143100.0100.0+255
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 Ireland in City of Port Phillip in 2021 compared to IMAP area, shows that there was a lower proportion of people born in Ireland in couple families with children as well as a similar proportion in one-parent families. Overall, 15.8% of people born in Ireland were in couple families with children, and 2.1% were in one-parent families, compared with 17.5% and 2.0% respectively for IMAP area.

There were a similar proportion of people born in Ireland in lone person households and a lower proportion in couples without children. Overall, the proportion of people born in Ireland in lone person households was 15.7% compared to 15.6% in IMAP area while the proportion in couples without children was 43.3% compared to 44.6% in IMAP area.

Emerging groups

The number of people born in Ireland in households in City of Port Phillip increased by 255 between 2016 and 2021.

The largest changes in family/household types of people born in Ireland in City of Port Phillip 2016 and 2021 were:

  • Group household (+81 persons)
  • Lone person (+61 persons)
  • Couples without children (+51 persons)

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