Census Family Composition Indicators Added to the Atlas
New Dataset
New Census-derived proportion indicators have been added to the Atlas for 2016 and 2021, using ASGS 2021 boundaries. These indicators were derived from existing Census family composition count data and are available at SA2, SA3, SA4, LGA and State levels.
The newly calculated indicators include:
Proportion of one-parent families with children under 15
Calculated as the number of one-parent families with children under 15 divided by the total number of families with children under 15. The denominator includes couple families with children under 15 and one-parent families with children under 15 only; other family types are excluded.
Proportion of same-sex couple families with children under 15
Calculated as the number of same-sex couple families with children under 15 divided by the total number of couple families with children under 15.
These new proportion measures improve the interpretability of the existing Census indicators by allowing comparisons across geographic areas of different population sizes.
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