Indicator: Family Structures

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What we know from research

What the data indicates about Mildura
FAMILY STRUCTURES
The structure of households partly reflects the stage of life attained by residents so that the proportion of families in Ouyen without children (46.7%) is consistent with the older age profile of residents of that locality (see previous section). The slight excess in the proportion of families without children in Wentworth (43.3%) compared with Regional Victoria (38.9%) and especially Metro Melbourne (33.1%) also reflects the older age profile of the area. The reverse is true of the child bearing age bracket of 20-44 years. Of the four localities with the largest number of people in this category, three (Red Cliffs, Irymple and Merbein) have higher proportions of families with children than is true of regional Victoria. Only one sub-regional area (Central Mildura) has a higher proportion of one-parent families than is the case in regional Victoria but the excess is slight (17.1% compared with 14.6%).

FAMILY STRUCTURES ACROSS MILDURA
Source: B17 2001 Census of Population and Housing

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	Upward trend			Progress away from desired direction
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	No observable trend		Progress towards desired direction
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Last Updated: Monday, 5 February 2007