CHAPTER SEVEN • COMMUNITY SURVEY NAPERVILLE PARK DISTRICT INDOOR RECREATION SPACE NEEDS ASSESSMENT
HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION The household composition of the survey respondents covers a range of distinct living arrangements (Figure 3) . The majority of respondents, 56%, are married or living with a partner and have children in the household. Conversely, 30% of respondents were married or living with a partner but did not have children living in the household. A smaller segment of the population (7%) consisted of singles with children in the household. Finally, 7% of the respondents were single and did not have children living in the household.
HOUSEHOLDS WITH CHILDREN Among respondents who had children in their household, (Figure 4) 21% had children in 3rd to 5th grade, 21% had children in high school, and 16% of households reported at least one middle school age child in their household. Fewer households have one or more children in kindergarten through 2nd grade (11%), preschool age children (7%), or under the age of two (4%).
Figure 3: Household Composition
Figure 4: Households with Children
RESPONSES PER PLANNING AREA Survey responses came from all eight planning areas in the community. The proportion of responses was similar to the population in each planning area for seven of the eight planning areas. Responses from Planning Area 8 were slightly lower (9%) than the proportion of the population (13%) that lives in Planning Area 8 (Table 1) .
Table 1: Responses Per Planning Area
Figure 5: Planning Area Map
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