Valleys District
Family blending
In 2021, Valleys District had 10.5% of couple families with children in step families and 4.3% 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.
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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| Valleys District - Total couples with children (Enumerated) | 2021 | 2016 | Change | |||||
| Family blending by type | Number | % | Long Jetty - Shelly Beach - Toowoon Bay - Blue Bay % | Number | % | Long Jetty - Shelly Beach - Toowoon Bay - Blue Bay % | 2016 to 2021 | |
| Intact Family | 496 | 85.2 | 82.6 | 497 | 91.4 | 86.3 | -2 | 19601 |
| Step family | 61 | 10.5 | 12.7 | 30 | 5.5 | 9.8 | +31 | 19602 |
| Blended family | 25 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 14 | 2.6 | 3.9 | +11 | 19603 |
| Other couple family | 0 | -- | 0.5 | 3 | 0.6 | -- | -3 | 19604 |
| Total couples with children | 582 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 544 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +37 | |
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 Valleys District in 2021 compared to Long Jetty - Shelly Beach - Toowoon Bay - Blue Bay shows that there was a lower proportion of step families as well as a lower proportion of blended families. Overall, 10.5% of total couple families with children were step families, and 4.3% were blended families, compared with 12.7% and 4.3% respectively for Long Jetty - Shelly Beach - Toowoon Bay - Blue Bay.
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 Long Jetty - Shelly Beach - Toowoon Bay - Blue Bay while the proportion of intact families was 85.2% compared to 82.6% in Long Jetty - Shelly Beach - Toowoon Bay - Blue Bay.
Emerging groups
The number of couple families with children in Valleys District increased by 38 between 2016 and 2021.
There were no major differences in Valleys District between 2016 and 2021.