LIVING ARRANGEMENTS |
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| Units | Years | NSW | Vic. | Qld | SA | WA | Tas. | NT(a) | ACT | Aust. |
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Total households | '000 | 2001 | 2,434 | 1,818 | 1,406 | 614 | 739 | 191 | 69 | 123 | 7,393 |
Lone-person households | % | 2001 | 23.1 | 24.1 | 24.8 | 27.6 | 26.8 | 29.3 | 25.0 | 26.4 | 24.6 |
Households with three or more persons | % | 2001 | 43.1 | 43.0 | 39.8 | 36.4 | 39.9 | 37.2 | 44.4 | 41.4 | 41.4 |
Total families | '000 | 2001 | 1,773 | 1,313 | 970 | 426 | 519 | 131 | 37 | 79 | 5,248 |
Families with children under 15 years | '000 | 2001 | 723 | 541 | 422 | 156 | 215 | 56 | 18 | 32 | 2,162 |
Couple families | '000 | 2001 | 1,483 | 1,081 | 800 | 353 | 430 | 108 | 31 | 64 | 4,350 |
De facto couple families (of all couple families)(b) | % | 1996 | 9.4 | 8.4 | 11.9 | 9.8 | 12.0 | 11.1 | 19.6 | 11.3 | 10.1 |
Couple-only families (of all couple families) | % | 2001 | 53.9 | 51.6 | 53.3 | 58.5 | 53.5 | 55.8 | 46.3 | 49.6 | 53.5 |
Couple-only families with female partner aged under 40 (of all couple only families) | % | 2001 | 20.8 | 18.0 | 19.6 | 18.8 | 23.0 | 14.4 | 34.9 | 21.4 | 19.9 |
Couple families with children under 15 (of all families with children under 15) | % | 2001 | 79.7 | 78.9 | 76.5 | 76.5 | 78.5 | 75.5 | 76.9 | 76.6 | 78.3 |
Lone father families with children under 15 (of all families with children under 15) | % | 2001 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 1.8 | 5.0 | 4.3 | 2.3 |
Lone mother families with children under 15 (of all families with children under 15) | % | 2001 | 18.3 | 19.4 | 20.6 | 20.4 | 18.6 | 22.7 | 18.1 | 19.1 | 19.3 |
Families with at least one child aged under 5 (of all families with children under 15) | % | 2001 | 45.5 | 44.4 | 45.9 | 45.1 | 44.2 | 47.8 | 44.7 | 46.1 | 45.2 |
Average family size (persons) | no. | 2001 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
Children under 15 living in one-parent families (of all children under 15) | % | 2001 | 18.3 | 19.2 | 21.5 | 20.7 | 19.4 | 21.0 | 20.8 | 21.0 | 19.6 |
Persons aged 20-24 living with parents (of all persons aged 20-24) | % | 2001 | 49.8 | 50.3 | 37.4 | 44.3 | 41.0 | 43.4 | 28.3 | 34.6 | 45.8 |
Persons aged 25-34 living with parents (of all persons aged 25-34) | % | 2001 | 14.3 | 16.4 | 7.6 | 12.3 | 8.1 | 8.7 | 5.4 | 10.6 | 12.6 |
Persons aged 15-64 who live alone (of all persons aged 15-64) | % | 2001 | 7.5 | 8.1 | 8.8 | 10.3 | 9.9 | 10.0 | 11.3 | 9.8 | 8.5 |
Persons aged 65 and over who live alone (of all persons aged 65 and over) | % | 2001 | 27.9 | 28.1 | 29.6 | 31.4 | 30.9 | 37.1 | 31.9 | 32.5 | 29.2 |
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FAMILIES AND WORK |
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| Units | Years | NSW | Vic. | Qld | SA | WA | Tas. | NT | ACT | Aust. |
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Couple families with children under 15, both parents employed (of all couple families with children under 15) | % | 2001 | 56.7 | 57.2 | 56.4 | 55.3 | 55.0 | 55.3 | 65.3 | 70.4 | 56.7 |
Couple families with children under 15, neither parent employed (of all couple families with children under 15) | % | 2001 | 7.6 | 6.7 | 8.9 | 7.8 | 7.2 | 8.1 | 5.3 | 2.8 | 7.5 |
One-parent families with children under 15, parent employed (of all one-parent families with children under 15) | % | 2001 | 42.2 | 47.9 | 47.7 | 46.8 | 51.0 | 41.1 | 49.5 | 62.1 | 46.4 |
Children under 15 living in families where no parent is employed (of all children under 15) | % | 2001 | 17.7 | 16.6 | 19.9 | 18.7 | 17.1 | 20.9 | 15.6 | 11.7 | 17.9 |
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FAMILY FORMATION |
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| Units | Years | NSW | Vic. | Qld | SA | WA | Tas. | NT | ACT | Aust. |
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Registered marriages | | | | | | | | | | | |
Number of marriages | '000 | 2000 | 39.3 | 26.9 | 22.8 | 8.2 | 11.0 | 2.6 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 113.4 |
Crude marriage rate (per 1,000 population) | rate | 2000 | 6.1 | 5.6 | 6.4 | 5.5 | 5.8 | 5.5 | 4.4 | 5.6 | 5.9 |
Marriages where both partners married for the first time (of all marriages) | % | 2000 | 67.7 | 68.9 | 64.3 | 64.1 | 64.7 | 61.4 | 58.4 | 67.6 | 66.6 |
Median age of males at first marriage | years | 2000 | 28.4 | 28.7 | 28.3 | 28.4 | 28.8 | 28.3 | 29.8 | 28.3 | 28.5 |
Median age of females at first marriage | years | 2000 | 26.5 | 27.1 | 26.4 | 26.5 | 26.8 | 26.3 | 27.7 | 26.7 | 26.7 |
Median age at remarriage (divorced males) | years | 2000 | 42.6 | 42.3 | 42.7 | 43.7 | 43.0 | 43.2 | 43.6 | 42.9 | 42.7 |
Median age at remarriage (divorced females) | years | 2000 | 38.8 | 38.7 | 39.0 | 40.2 | 39.8 | 39.8 | 38.6 | 39.3 | 39.1 |
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Number of divorces | '000 | 2000 | 14.8 | 12.4 | 10.1 | 4.0 | 5.3 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 49.9 |
Crude divorce rate (per 1,000 population) | rate | 2000 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.3 | (c) | 2.6 |
Median duration between marriage and final separation | years | 2000 | 7.6 | 8.4 | 8.3 | 8.9 | 8.7 | 9.0 | 7.0 | 8.9 | 8.2 |
Divorces involving children under 18 (of all divorces) | % | 2000 | 51.2 | 52.8 | 53.5 | 55.6 | 50.3 | 58.3 | 47.3 | 58.0 | 52.7 |
Children under 18 affected by divorce | '000 | 2000 | 14.1 | 12.4 | 10.3 | 4.2 | 5.0 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 1.7 | 49.6 |
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Fertility | | | | | | | | | | | |
Births | '000 | 2000 | 86.8 | 59.2 | 47.3 | 17.9 | 25.1 | 5.7 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 249.6 |
Total fertility rate (per woman) | rate | 2000 | 1.81 | 1.63 | 1.78 | 1.71 | 1.78 | 1.79 | 2.22 | 1.61 | 1.75 |
Births to mothers aged under 20 (of all births) | % | 2000 | 4.2 | 2.9 | 6.1 | 4.2 | 5.6 | 7.7 | 13.3 | 3.1 | 4.6 |
Births to mothers aged 35 and over (of all births) | % | 2000 | 17.8 | 19.3 | 15.0 | 18.6 | 16.2 | 13.7 | 13.7 | 18.5 | 17.4 |
Births outside marriage (of all births) | % | 2000 | 26.5 | 23.8 | 33.9 | 32.6 | 34.0 | 40.4 | 60.7 | 25.5 | 29.2 |
Births outside marriage acknowledged by father (of all births outside marriage) | % | 2000 | 87.4 | 92.9 | 86.9 | 89.9 | 90.4 | 89.2 | 62.5 | 86.7 | 88.2 |
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CHILD CARE |
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| Units | Years | NSW | Vic. | Qld | SA | WA | Tas. | NT(d) | ACT | Aust. |
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Children aged under 3 using formal care (of all children under 3) | % | 1999 | 20.7 | 19.7 | 25.8 | 25.5 | 23.6 | 20.1 | 34.8 | 28.8 | 22.3 |
Children aged under 3 using informal care (of all children under 3) | % | 1999 | 43.4 | 47.7 | 37.1 | 50.7 | 38.3 | 38.0 | 32.6 | 40.8 | 43.0 |
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