Wagga Wagga City
Family blending
In 2021, Wagga Wagga City had 10.2% of couple families with children in step families and 4.9% 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.
Derived from the Census question:
'What is the person's relationship (to each other person in the household)?'
Couple families with children
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| Wagga Wagga City - Total couples with children (Enumerated) | 2021 | 2016 | Change | |||||
| Family blending by type | Number | % | Wagga Wagga (Central) % | Number | % | Wagga Wagga (Central) % | 2016 to 2021 | |
| Intact Family | 6,180 | 84.2 | 87.7 | 5,846 | 88.0 | 91.9 | +334 | 19601 |
| Step family | 750 | 10.2 | 10.6 | 419 | 6.3 | 7.5 | +331 | 19602 |
| Blended family | 356 | 4.9 | 1.8 | 339 | 5.1 | 0.6 | +17 | 19603 |
| Other couple family | 54 | 0.7 | -- | 40 | 0.6 | -- | +14 | 19604 |
| Total couples with children | 7,340 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 6,644 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +696 | |
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing (opens a new window) 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (opens a new window)(informed decisions).
(Enumerated data)
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Dominant groups
Analysis of the family blending in Wagga Wagga City in 2021 compared to Wagga Wagga (Central) shows that there was a similar proportion of step families as well as a similar proportion of blended families. Overall, 10.2% of total couple families with children were step families, and 4.9% were blended families, compared with 10.6% and 1.8% respectively for Wagga Wagga (Central).
There were a higher proportion of other families and a lower proportion of couples without children. Overall, the proportion of other families was 0.7% compared to 0.0% in Wagga Wagga (Central) while the proportion of intact families was 84.2% compared to 87.7% in Wagga Wagga (Central).
Emerging groups
The number of couple families with children in Wagga Wagga City increased by 696 between 2016 and 2021.
The largest changes in family blending in Wagga Wagga City between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Intact Family (+334 couples with children)
- Step family (+331 couples with children)