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Bankstown Ward

Family blending

In 2021, Bankstown Ward had 5.6% of couple families with children in step families and 2.3% 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
Bankstown Ward - Total couples with children (Enumerated)20212011Change
Family blending by typeNumber%Bass Hill Ward %Number%Bass Hill Ward %2011 to 2021
Intact Family 9,01991.891.78,33094.194.9+689
Step family 5465.65.23714.23.1+175
Blended family 2222.32.71521.71.9+70
Other couple family 370.40.330.00.1+34
Total couples with children9,824100.0100.08,856100.0100.0+968
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2011 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 Bankstown Ward in 2021 compared to Bass Hill Ward shows that there was a similar proportion of step families as well as a similar proportion of blended families. Overall, 5.6% of total couple families with children were step families, and 2.3% were blended families, compared with 5.2% and 2.7% respectively for Bass Hill Ward.

There were a similar proportion of other families and a similar proportion of couples without children. Overall, the proportion of other families was 0.4% compared to 0.3% in Bass Hill Ward while the proportion of intact families was 91.8% compared to 91.7% in Bass Hill Ward.

Emerging groups

The number of couple families with children in Bankstown Ward increased by 968 between 2011 and 2021.

The largest changes in family blending in Bankstown Ward between 2011 and 2021 were:

  • Intact Family (+689 couples with children)
  • Step family (+175 couples with children)
  • Blended family (+70 couples with children)

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