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City of BanyuleCommunity profile

North West Precinct

Family blending

In 2021, North West Precinct had 4.6% of couple families with children in step families and 2.4% 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
North West Precinct - Total couples with children (Enumerated)20212016Change
Family blending by typeNumber%City of Banyule %Number%City of Banyule %2016 to 2021
Intact Family 2,31693.093.62,26192.693.2+55
Step family 1144.64.51144.74.60
Blended family 612.41.7622.51.9-1
Other couple family 0--0.160.20.2-6
Total couples with children2,491100.0100.02,443100.0100.0+48
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 North West Precinct in 2021 compared to the City of Banyule shows that there was a similar proportion of step families as well as a similar proportion of blended families. Overall, 4.6% of total couple families with children were step families, and 2.4% were blended families, compared with 4.5% and 1.7% respectively for the City of Banyule.

There were a similar proportion of other families and a lower proportion of couples without children. Overall, the proportion of other families was 0.0% compared to 0.1% in the City of Banyule while the proportion of intact families was 93.0% compared to 93.6% in the City of Banyule.

Emerging groups

The number of couple families with children in North West Precinct increased by 48 between 2016 and 2021.

The largest change in family blending in North West Precinct between 2016 and 2021 was:

  • Intact Family (+55 couples with children)

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