7 The five emerging households McCrindle research has identified five urban household types living in Sydney apartments. They have tracked the emerging trends of each of these groups over the last 25 years and have projected these trends forward to 2024. The five groups are Vertical Families, Cosmo Couples, One-Parent Families, Solo Metros, and Group Households. These groups can be identified through the ABS Census data. The research also looked in more detail at each household type to examine the typical age profiles and a variety of attitudes and preferences. These will be explained in more detail in the following pages. 1991 2016 2024 SYDNEY’S APARTMENT DWELLERS Group households Lone persons Single parents Couples with children Couples with no children 11% 41% 9% 14% 21% 9% 34% 8% 20% 27% 10% 28% 8% 24% 28% KEY McCrindle have projected the trends in urban living forward to 2024 and the key group to grow is the couples with children (up to 24%). When combined with single parents and their children (8%) this group comprises a third (32%) of all apartments as being for families. Clearly there are important changes needed to the mix of apartments and the provision of amenities that will be required to support this growing trend. Lone persons will have dropped as a%age by 2024, but will still be an important occupier of apartments (28%). The Census data from 2016 indicates a swing to families with children, now comprising 20% of all apartment dwellers, while lone persons dropped to 34%. The swing to families is probably driven by affordability and by the provision of childcare facilities in many new apartment precincts. Couples with no children has also grown to 27% since 1991. The Census data from 1991 identifies only 14% of apartment dwellers as being couples with children, with the majority being lone persons (41%). Couples with no children were 21% in 1991.