Household composition by child dependency status

Household composition classifies households according to the relationships between usually resident people. The classification is based on how many and what type(s) of family nuclei were present in a household, and whether or not there were related or unrelated people present.

A dependent child under 18 is a child aged under 15 years or aged 15–17 years and not employed full time.

See also 'Household' in Household definitions; ‘Absentee’, ‘Usual residents’, ‘Usual residents in private dwellings’ in Individual definitions; and ‘Family nucleus’, ‘Familial relationship’, ‘Non-familial relationship’, ‘Related’, and ‘Unrelated’ in Family definitions.

For full classification with levels 1-3 see Aria.