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Grasmere - Ellis Lane & District

Family blending

In 2021, the Grasmere - Ellis Lane & District had 8.8% of couple families with children in step families and 3.0% in blended families.

Information on blended and intact families can be an indicator of the level of family breakup and repartnering within the area, and a potential indicator of socio-economic disadvantage. Family blending only applies to couple families with children. For information more broadly about household and family types, including single-parent families, please see Household Type, Households with Children, and Households without Children.

Q:

Derived from the Census question:

'What is the person's relationship (to each other person in the household)?'

Family blending
Grasmere - Ellis Lane & District - Total couples with children (Enumerated)20212016Change
Family blending by typeNumber%Camden Council area %Number%Camden Council area %2016 to 2021
Intact Family 31787.387.133892.788.1-21
Step family 328.88.3133.66.7+19
Blended family 113.04.2102.94.8+1
Other couple family 30.80.430.80.40
Total couples with children363100.0100.0364100.0100.0-1
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
Please refer to specific data notes for more information

Dominant groups

Analysis of the family blending in the Grasmere - Ellis Lane & District in 2021 compared to Camden Council area shows that there was a similar proportion of step families as well as a similar proportion of blended families. Overall, 8.8% of total couple families with children were step families, and 3.0% were blended families, compared with 8.3% and 4.2% respectively for Camden Council area.

There were a similar proportion of other families and a similar proportion of couples without children. Overall, the proportion of other families was 0.8% compared to 0.4% in Camden Council area while the proportion of intact families was 87.3% compared to 87.1% in Camden Council area.

Emerging groups

The number of couple families with children in Grasmere - Ellis Lane & District decreased by 1 between 2016 and 2021.

There were no major differences in the Grasmere - Ellis Lane & District between 2016 and 2021.

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