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Kew East

Family blending

In 2021, Kew East had 3.0% of couple families with children in step families and 1.8% 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

Family blending
Kew East - Total couples with children (Enumerated)20212016Change
Family blending by typeNumber%Australia %Number%Australia %2016 to 2021
Intact Family 91995.287.592495.189.4-5
Step family 293.08.5282.96.4+1
Blended family 171.83.5202.13.7-3
Other couple family 0--0.50--0.50

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).

Family blending, 2021
Family blending, 2021 Other couple family , Australia: 0.5% Blended family , Australia: 3.5% Step family , Australia: 8.5% Intact Family , Australia: 87.5% Blended family , Kew East: 1.8% Step family , Kew East: 3.0% Intact Family , Kew East: 95.2%
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing, 2021 (Enumerated data)
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Change in family blending, 2016 to 2021
Change in family blending, 2016 to 2021 Other couple family , Kew East: 0 Blended family , Kew East: -3 Step family , Kew East: +1 Intact Family , Kew East: -5
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing, 2016 and 2021 (Enumerated data)
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Dominant groups

Analysis of the family blending in Kew East in 2021 compared to Australia shows that there was a lower proportion of step families as well as a lower proportion of blended families. Overall, 3.0% of total couple families with children were step families, and 1.8% were blended families, compared with 8.5% and 3.5% respectively for Australia.

There were a similar proportion of other families and a higher proportion of couples without children. Overall, the proportion of other families was 0.0% compared to 0.5% in Australia while the proportion of intact families was 95.2% compared to 87.5% in Australia.

Emerging groups

The number of couple families with children in Kew East decreased by 7 between 2016 and 2021.

There were no major differences in Kew East between 2016 and 2021.

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