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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idIn Fernhill, 29.5% of households were made up of family type 'couples with children' compared with 33.6% in North East Valley Chingford in 2018.
Households with Children require different services and facilities than other household types, and their needs change as both adults and children age. When many families in an area are at the same stage in their individual lifecycles, it creates a suburb lifecycle. Knowing where a suburb is in a cycle of change helps planners make evidence-based decisions about the demand for services both now and in the future.
To continue building the story, Fernhill's family data should be viewed in conjunction with Households, Household Size, Age Structure and Dwelling Type data.
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Derived from the Census questions:
'How is each person in the household related to you?'
Dominant groups
Analysis of the family types in Fernhill in 2018 compared to North East Valley Chingford shows that there was a lower proportion of couple families with child(ren) as well as a lower proportion of one-parent families. Overall, 29.5% of total families were couple families with child(ren), and 15.8% were one-parent families, compared with 33.6% and 22.7% respectively for North East Valley Chingford.
There were a higher proportion of couples without children in Fernhill, 54.7% compared to 43.8% in North East Valley Chingford.
Emerging groups
The number of families in Fernhill increased by 42 between 2013 and 2018.
There were no major differences in Fernhill between 2013 and 2018.
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