Australia Yearbook - 2001

160 Year Book Australia 2001
5.48 PROJECTED NUMBER OF FAMILIES, By Family Type, Australia
1996 2001 2006 2011 2016 2021
’000 ’000 ’000 ’000 ’000 ’000
Series
Series A
Couple families with children 2 483.8 2 660.7 2 798.2 2 902.1 2 985.7 3 054.7
Couple families without children 1 735.1 1 894.2 2 078.2 2 281.1 2 482.5 2 658.8
One-parent families 742.3 797.1 845.7 889.6 929.6 966.2
One-parent families, male parent 114.9 126.3 136.4 145.2 152.8 159.6
One-parent families, female parent 627.4 670.8 709.3 744.4 776.8 806.6
Other families 94.4 98.4 103.7 109.3 114.3 118.2
Total 5 055.6 5 450.4 5 825.8 6 182.1 6 512.1 6 798.0
Series B
Couple families with children 2 483.8 2 448.1 2 471.4 2 513.5 2 589.8 2 654.0
Couple families without children 1 735.1 1 952.5 2 168.7 2 389.9 2 597.5 2 782.2
One-parent families 742.3 852.5 929.2 987.7 1 028.9 1 066.4
One-parent families, male parent 114.9 129.6 141.3 150.9 158.7 165.6
One-parent families, female parent 627.4 722.9 787.9 836.8 870.2 900.9
Other families 94.4 96.7 101.3 105.6 108.3 109.1
Total 5 055.6 5 349.7 5 670.6 5 996.7 6 324.4 6 611.8
Series C
Couple families with children 2 483.8 2 448.1 2 366.3 2 252.1 2 122.6 1 988.1
Couple families without children 1 735.1 1 952.5 2 195.8 2 455.0 2 712.3 2 946.5
One-parent families 742.3 852.5 956.2 1 054.1 1 146.3 1 231.4
One-parent families, male parent 114.9 129.6 142.6 153.6 163.0 170.4
One-parent families, female parent 627.4 722.9 813.6 900.4 983.3 1 061.0
Other families 94.4 96.7 102.5 110.1 117.4 123.1
Total 5 055.6 5 349.7 5 620.8 5 871.2 6 098.6 6 289.2
Source: Household and Family Projections, Australia, 1996 to 2021 (3236.0).
Family types
Couple families with children are projected to
grow slowly over the projection period, reflecting
a gradual trend away from this type of family. This
trend is related both to the rapid increase in
couple families without children, and the increase
in one-parent families, and is driven by ageing, the
decline in fertility and increased marital break-up.
The number of couple families is projected to
either grow slowly or decline slowly, depending on
the series employed. In Series A, couple families
with chilren are projected to grow from 2.5 million
in 1996 to around 3.1 million in 2021, while in
Series C (full continuation of recent trends),
couple families with children are projected to
decline to 2.0 million in 2021(table 5.48).
Of all family types, couple families without
children are projected to increase most rapidly
over the period 1996–2021. Couple families
without children are projected to grow from
1.7 million in 1996 to between 2.7 and 2.9 million
in 2021, average annual growth of between 1.7%
and 2.1%. In Series B and C, couple families
without children are projected to surpass couple
families with children as the most common family
type by the year 2016.
One-parent families are projected to increase
from 742,000 families in 1996 to between
966,000 and 1.2 million in 2021, representing
average annual growth of between 1.1% and
2.0% over the period. Female one-parent families,
which made up 85% of all one-parent families in
1996, are projected to maintain or slightly
increase this proportion in 2021.
Citizenship
Until just after Federation, the various State
Governments issued certificates of naturalisation.
In 1904, when the Naturalisation Act 1903 came
into force, only the Federal Government issued
certificates of naturalisation in the
Commonwealth. Naturalisation conferred upon
its recipient the rights and obligations of a British
subject born in the Commonwealth. The concept
of Australian citizenship was effectively
introduced when the Nationality and
Citizenship Act 1948 (since renamed the
Australian Citizenship Act 1948) came into effect
on Australia Day 1949. Between that day and June
1999, 3.3 million grants of Australian citizenship
were made. The number of grants has fluctuated
from year to year (graph 5.49) in response to a
range of factors such as changes in the size of the