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National summary tables
LIVING ARRANGEMENTS |
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| Units | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 |
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Total households | '000 | 6,173 | 6,302 | 6,446 | 6,579 | 6,690 | 6,762 | r6,910 | r7,015 | r7,127 | 7,250 | 7,393 |
Lone-person households | % | 21.1 | 21.8 | 22.3 | 22.7 | 22.8 | 23.0 | r23.6 | r23.7 | r24.1 | 24.6 | 24.6 |
Households with three or more persons | % | 47.0 | 46.3 | 45.5 | 44.8 | 44.5 | 44.5 | r43.8 | 43.2 | r43.1 | 42.5 | 41.4 |
Total families | '000 | 4,502 | 4,587 | 4,638 | 4,709 | 4,791 | 4,834 | 4,899 | 5,027 | 5,056 | 5,116 | 5,248 |
Families with children under 15 | '000 | 2,002 | 2,048 | 2,038 | 2,041 | 2,100 | 2,092 | 2,130 | 2,160 | 2,166 | 2,172 | 2,162 |
Couple families | '000 | 3,849 | 3,883 | 3,929 | 3,998 | 4,051 | 4,080 | 4,090 | 4,158 | 4,197 | 4,265 | 4,350 |
De facto couple families (of all couple families)(a) | % | 8.2 | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | 10.1 | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.y.a. |
Couple-only families (of all couple families) | % | 48.9 | 48.7 | 49.3 | 51.0 | 51.1 | 51.9 | 51.1 | 51.8 | 52.3 | 52.6 | 53.5 |
Couple-only families with female partner aged under 40 (of all couple only families) | % | 22.0 | 22.1 | 22.3 | 22.7 | 21.6 | 21.3 | 20.9 | 21.3 | 21.3 | 21.5 | 19.9 |
Couple families with children under 15 (of all families with children under 15) | % | 84.0 | 83.5 | 83.0 | 82.8 | 81.5 | 81.6 | 80.0 | 78.4 | 78.8 | 79.1 | 78.3 |
Lone-father families with children under 15 (of all families with children under 15) | % | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 2.3 |
Lone-mother families with children under 15 (of all families with children under 15) | % | 14.2 | 14.9 | 15.3 | 15.4 | 16.6 | 16.3 | 17.7 | 19.5 | 19.3 | 18.6 | 19.3 |
Families with at least one child aged under 5 (of all families with children under 15) | % | 47.4 | 47.4 | 47.8 | 47.8 | 47.4 | 47.8 | 47.8 | 46.2 | 45.0 | 46.1 | 45.2 |
Average family size (persons) | no. | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.0 |
Children under 15 living in one-parent families (of all children under 15) | % | 13.6 | 14.4 | 14.8 | 15.3 | 16.4 | 16.3 | 18.0 | 19.5 | 19.0 | 18.2 | 19.6 |
Persons aged 20-24 living with parents (of all persons aged 20-24) | % | 47.2 | 47.4 | 46.1 | 44.7 | 45.2 | 44.5 | 46.2 | 48.0 | 47.2 | 45.5 | 45.8 |
Persons aged 25-34 living with parents (of all persons aged 25-34) | % | 10.7 | 10.5 | 10.7 | 10.5 | 10.6 | 10.7 | 11.5 | 12.4 | 11.8 | 12.3 | 12.6 |
Persons aged 15-64 who live alone (of all persons aged 15-64) | % | 6.0 | 6.3 | 6.8 | 7.0 | 7.4 | 7.6 | 7.9 | 8.1 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 8.5 |
Persons aged 65 and over who live alone (of all persons aged 65 and over) | % | 29.4 | 29.3 | 31.0 | 29.4 | 29.3 | 29.8 | 30.7 | 29.0 | 29.5 | 30.9 | 29.2 |
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FAMILIES AND WORK |
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| Units | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 |
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Couple families with children under 15, both parents employed (of all couple families with children under 15) | % | 51.8 | 51.7 | 50.6 | 51.1 | 56.2 | 54.5 | 54.4 | 55.6 | 54.9 | 56.3 | 56.7 |
Couple families with children under 15, neither parent employed (of all couple families with children under 15) | % | 8.1 | 9.8 | 10.8 | 10.0 | 8.4 | 7.9 | 8.6 | 8.5 | 7.9 | 7.5 | 7.5 |
One-parent families with children under 15, parent employed (of all one-parent families with children under 15) | % | 43.2 | 40.6 | 41.4 | 41.8 | 43.2 | 42.7 | 42.9 | 42.1 | 44.0 | 47.3 | 46.4 |
Children under 15 living in families where no parent is employed (of all children under 15) | % | n.a. | n.a. | 18.8 | 18.5 | 17.1 | 17.2 | 18.1 | 19.7 | 18.3 | 16.8 | 17.9 |
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FAMILY FORMATION |
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| Units | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 |
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Registered marriages | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Number of marriages | '000 | 117.0 | 113.9 | 114.8 | 113.3 | 111.2 | 109.4 | 106.1 | 106.7 | 110.6 | 114.3 | 113.4 |
Crude marriage rate (per 1,000 population) | rate | 6.9 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 6.4 | 6.2 | 6.1 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.9 | 6.0 | 5.9 |
Marriages where both partners married for the first time (of all marriages) | % | 67.4 | 67.5 | 67.2 | 67.1 | 67.5 | 67.5 | 66.4 | 66.6 | 66.7 | 66.9 | 66.6 |
Median age of males at first marriage | years | 26.5 | 26.7 | 26.9 | 27.0 | 27.2 | 27.3 | 27.6 | 27.8 | 27.9 | 28.2 | 28.5 |
Median age of females at first marriage | years | 24.3 | 24.5 | 24.7 | 24.8 | 25.1 | 25.3 | 25.7 | 25.9 | 26.2 | 26.4 | 26.7 |
Median age at remarriage (divorced males) | years | 39.6 | 39.7 | 40.1 | 40.4 | 40.9 | 41.1 | 41.6 | 41.8 | 42.0 | 42.2 | 42.7 |
Median age at remarriage (divorced females) | years | 36.0 | 36.1 | 36.5 | 36.8 | 37.4 | 37.6 | 38.0 | 38.2 | 38.4 | 38.6 | 39.1 |
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Divorce | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Number of divorces | '000 | 42.6 | 45.6 | 45.7 | 48.4 | 48.3 | 49.7 | 52.5 | 51.3 | 51.4 | 52.6 | 49.9 |
Crude divorce rate (per 1,000 population) | rate | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.6 |
Median duration between marriage and final separation | years | 7.3 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 8.2 |
Divorces involving children under 18 (of all divorces) | % | 55.6 | 54.2 | 52.9 | 52.6 | 52.4 | n.a. | 53.6 | 54.0 | 53.4 | 53.9 | 52.7 |
Children under 18 affected by divorce | '000 | 44.9 | 46.7 | 45.7 | 48.1 | 47.5 | n.a. | 52.5 | 51.7 | 51.6 | 53.4 | 49.6 |
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Fertility | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Births | '000 | 262.6 | 257.2 | 264.2 | 260.2 | 258.1 | 256.2 | 253.8 | 251.8 | 249.6 | 248.9 | 249.6 |
Total fertility rate (per female) | rate | 1.91 | 1.86 | 1.89 | 1.86 | 1.85 | 1.83 | 1.80 | 1.78 | 1.76 | 1.75 | 1.75 |
Births to mothers aged under 20 (of all births) | % | 5.8 | 5.7 | 5.4 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.6 |
Births to mothers aged 35 and over (of all births) | % | 10.0 | 10.7 | 11.4 | 11.9 | 12.9 | 13.7 | 14.6 | 15.3 | 16.1 | 16.8 | 17.4 |
Births outside marriage (of all births) | % | 21.9 | 23.0 | 24.0 | 24.9 | 25.6 | 26.6 | 27.4 | 28.1 | 28.7 | 29.2 | 29.2 |
Births outside marriage acknowledged by father (of all births outside marriage) | % | 77.1 | 79.5 | 81.0 | 81.7 | 82.2 | 83.3 | 84.2 | 85.5 | 87.1 | 88.2 | 88.2 |
Females aged 35 and over giving birth for the first time (of all births to females 35 and over) | % | n.a. | 12.7 | 19.9 | 19.8 | 20.8 | 20.8 | 21.2 | 22.4 | 23.3 | 23.7 | n.a. |
Median age of mothers at first birth | years | n.a. | 26.3 | 26.5 | r26.7 | 26.8 | 26.9 | 27.1 | 27.3 | 27.5 | 27.6 | n.a. |
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CHILD CARE |
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| Units | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 |
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Children aged under 3 using formal care (of all children under 3) | % | n.a. | n.a. | 17.0 | n.a. | n.a. | 21.6 | n.a. | n.a. | 22.3 | n.a. | n.a. |
Children aged under 3 using informal care (of all children under 3) | % | n.a. | n.a. | 40.4 | n.a. | n.a. | 39.3 | n.a. | n.a. | 43.0 | n.a. | n.a. |
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(a) Includes same-sex couples in 1996.
Reference periods: Data on living arrangements, and on families and work, are at June. Data on de facto couple are at census date. Data on family formation are for the calendar year. Data on child care are at November 1990, June 1993, March 1996 and June 1999.
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