Family Composition in Greater Western Sydney
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CENSUS 2016 TOPIC PAPER Household & Family Composition in Greater Western Sydney By Barbara Beard, Social Research and Information Officer, WESTIR Ltd 2016 © WESTIR Limited A.B.N 65 003 487 965 A.C.N. 003 487 965 This work is Copyright. Apart from use permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, no part can be reproduced by any process without the written permission from the Executive Officer of WESTIR Ltd. All possible care has been taken in the preparation of the information contained in this publication. However, WESTIR Ltd expressly disclaims any liability for the accuracy and sufficiency of the information and under no circumstances shall be liable in negligence or otherwise in or arising out of the preparation or supply of any of the information WESTIR Ltd is partly funded by the NSW Department of Family and Community Services. Suite 7, Level 2 154 Marsden Street [email protected] (02) 9635 7764 Parramatta, NSW 2150 PO Box 136 Parramatta 2124 WESTIR LTD ABN: 65 003 487 965 | ACN: 003 487 965 Household & Family Composition in Greater Western Sydney 2016 Census Written by Barbara Beard, Social Research & Information Officer, Westir Ltd. Introduction The recent release of data from the 2016 ABS Census provides an insight into changes in household and family structure in Greater Western Sydney and comparative regions. As in past censuses, the most common family composition was still that of a Couple Family with Children. However, they are not the only type of family or household and this paper attempts to shine a light on not only the Couple Families with Children but Same-sex Families, Lone Person Households, Group Households, Grandparent Families, high and low- income families, small families and large families. This paper sources data from the 2016 ABS Census through Tablebuilder Pro. The tables are based on place of emuneration which is where someone was located on Census night, 9 August 2016. Some of the variables allow for people absent on the night to be included. Due to the randomisation process applied by the ABS for confidentiality purposes, totals for each characteristic and geographic area may differ from table to table. For cells with small values a random value, between 0 and 5, is assigned, including altering some cells to zero. Generally, this applies to cells with a value of less than 5 and differences will occur if cells are amalgamated to larger areas although the ABS assures users that the overall information value of the statistics is not impaired. Where the addition of LGA level data would make a table large and difficult to read in this document, only GWS and Region data has been included. However, the LGA data for all tables is available by request from Westir in Excel format. Acronyms ABS Australian Bureau of Statistics CoTA NSW Council of the Ageing NSW FACS Family and Community Services GWS Greater Western Sydney LGA Local Government Area 1 Regions GWS is made up of the following 13 local government areas (LGAs): • Blacktown • Blue Mountains • Camden • Campbelltown • Canterbury – Bankstown • Cumberland • Fairfield • Hawkesbury • Liverpool • Parramatta • Penrith • The Hills Shire • Wollondilly This paper also covers two additional LGAs, Lithgow and Wingecarribee, which are not included in GWS totals. GWS is also compared with data for Greater Sydney, Rest of Sydney, FACS Western Sydney district, FACS South Western Sydney district and New South Wales (NSW): • Greater Sydney and NSW are compiled from ABS boundaries. • Rest of Sydney is calculated by subtracting the totals of Greater Sydney with the totals of GWS. • FACS Western Sydney (FACS WS) is made up of Blacktown, Blue Mountains, Cumberland, Hawkesbury, Lithgow, Parramatta, Penrith and The Hills Shire LGAs. • FACS South Western Sydney (FACS SWS) is made up of Camden, Campbelltown, Canterbury – Bankstown, Fairfield, Liverpool, Wingecarribee and Wollondilly LGAs. 2 Household Composition In GWS in 2016 there were a total of 793,578 households. This included Family Households, Lone Person Households, Group Households, Visitor only Households and Other non-classifiable, empty or non-private dwellings. This count was based on actual location on Census night. The most common type of household was a Family Household. This category includes Couple Families with and without Children, One Parent Families and households with multiple families living in the one dwelling. In GWS Family Households accounted for 71.3% of all households which was much higher than the Rest of Sydney (59.1%), Greater Sydney (64.3%) and New South Wales (61.1%). Within the LGAs of GWS, the proportion of Family Households ranged from 52.7% in Lithgow and 59.4% in the Blue Mountains through to 75.2% in Blacktown and 80.4% in The Hills Shire. The higher proportion of Family Households in a region corresponds with low proportions of Lone Person Households and visa versa. In Lithgow, more than a quarter of households were Lone Person Households and Blue Mountains had 21.5% Lone Person Households. The Hills Shire had the lowest proportion of Lone Person Households (10.5%) followed by Blacktown and Wollondilly (13.8%). Group Households made up a small proportion of total households with a maximum of 4.5% in Cumberland and a minimum of 1.4% in Camden, The Hills Shire and Wollondilly. In GWS, the newly formed LGA of Cumberland had the highest proportion of Group Households (4.5%) followed by Parramatta (4.1%) and Canterbury-Bankstown (2.9%). The Rest of Sydney had a much higher proportion of Group Households with 5.3%. Overall,3.6% of NSW households were Group Households. Unoccupied, visitor only, non-private dwellings and other non-classifiable dwellings made up the remaining households ranging between 7.8% of households in the Hills Shire and 19.1% of households in Lithgow. Table 1 below provides number and percentage values for each of the LGAs and regions discussed above. Map 1 on page 5 shows the number of Lone Person Households across GWS illustrating the higher numbers in Lithgow, Springwood and Leura and lower numbers in The Hills Shire and Fairfield. 3 Table 1: Household Composition, Selected Regions, 2016 Household Composition by location on Census night, Selected Regions, 2016 Visitor only & other Family Household Lone person Not applicable Group household non-classifiable Region (a) household (b) Total households No % No % No % No % No % Blacktown 83,379 75.2% 15,359 13.8% 2,369 2.1% 4,599 4.1% 5,198 4.7% 110,903 Blue Mountains 20,390 59.4% 7,384 21.5% 851 2.5% 1,367 4.0% 4,317 12.6% 34,306 Camden 20,428 78.0% 3,297 12.6% 363 1.4% 944 3.6% 1,175 4.5% 26,197 Campbelltown 39,632 71.6% 9,180 16.6% 1,164 2.1% 2,499 4.5% 2,848 5.1% 55,324 Canterbury-Bankstown 83,016 68.4% 21,173 17.4% 3,582 2.9% 5,809 4.8% 7,849 6.5% 121,434 Cumberland 49,680 68.9% 11,612 16.1% 3,217 4.5% 3,308 4.6% 4,339 6.0% 72,147 Fairfield 46,863 74.6% 9,003 14.3% 1,321 2.1% 2,382 3.8% 3,208 5.1% 62,779 Hawkesbury 16,409 68.1% 4,389 18.2% 510 2.1% 1,232 5.1% 1,556 6.5% 24,098 Lithgow 5,116 52.7% 2,560 26.4% 190 2.0% 769 7.9% 1,087 11.2% 9,714 Liverpool 48,553 73.7% 9,209 14.0% 1,029 1.6% 4,145 6.3% 2,992 4.5% 65,923 Parramatta 57,066 66.6% 15,216 17.8% 3,533 4.1% 4,340 5.1% 5,559 6.5% 85,723 Penrith 49,782 70.0% 12,235 17.2% 1,654 2.3% 3,401 4.8% 4,048 5.7% 71,111 The Hills Shire 41,681 80.4% 5,425 10.5% 736 1.4% 1,222 2.4% 2,775 5.4% 51,834 Wingecarribee 12,744 58.8% 4,641 21.4% 384 1.8% 1,067 4.9% 2,858 13.2% 21,681 Wollondilly 12,549 74.8% 2,311 13.8% 235 1.4% 711 4.2% 970 5.8% 16,780 GWS (13 LGAs) 569,417 71.3% 125,797 15.8% 20,561 2.6% 35,959 4.5% 46,840 5.9% 798,573 Rest of Sydney 626,240 59.1% 225,621 21.3% 56,230 5.3% 59,846 5.6% 92,088 8.7% 1,060,034 FACS Western Sydney 323,494 70.3% 74,180 16.1% 13,060 2.8% 20,237 4.4% 28,872 6.3% 459,842 FACS South West Sydney 263,775 71.3% 58,815 15.9% 8,069 2.2% 17,563 4.7% 21,909 5.9% 370,132 Greater Sydney 1,195,657 64.3% 351,418 18.9% 76,791 4.1% 95,805 5.2% 138,928 7.5% 1,858,607 New South Wales 1,874,528 61.1% 620,777 20.2% 109,005 3.6% 170,549 5.6% 292,126 9.5% 3,066,981 Source: ABS Census 2016, Tablebuilder Pro Table based on location on Census night (a) included family households with multiple families (b) Not applicable includes Non-private dwellings, unoccupied private dwellings and migratory offshore & shipping SA1s Map 1 – Number of One Person Households, GWS, 2016 4 Source: ABS Census 2016 5 Family Households The category of Family Household includes Couple Families with or without Children, One Parent Families with Children and Other Families.