Frankston City
Family blending
In 2021, Frankston City had 8.9% of couple families with children in step families and 4.6% 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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| Frankston City - Total couples with children (Enumerated) | 2021 | 2016 | Change | |||||
| Family blending by type | Number | % | Neighbouring LGAs % | Number | % | Neighbouring LGAs % | 2016 to 2021 | |
| Intact Family | 13,995 | 86.1 | 90.7 | 13,452 | 86.2 | 90.4 | +543 | 19601 |
| Step family | 1,450 | 8.9 | 6.0 | 1,348 | 8.6 | 6.0 | +102 | 19602 |
| Blended family | 745 | 4.6 | 3.0 | 749 | 4.8 | 3.3 | -4 | 19603 |
| Other couple family | 56 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 62 | 0.4 | 0.3 | -6 | 19604 |
| Total couples with children | 16,246 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 15,611 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +635 | |
This region comprises the 4 LGAs immediately adjacent to Frankston City (the City of Casey, the City of Greater Dandenong, the City of Kingston and Mornington Peninsula Shire) combined as a single area.
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 Frankston City in 2021 compared to Neighbouring LGAs shows that there was a higher proportion of step families as well as a higher proportion of blended families. Overall, 8.9% of total couple families with children were step families, and 4.6% were blended families, compared with 6.0% and 3.0% respectively for Neighbouring LGAs.
There were a similar proportion of other families and a lower proportion of couples without children. Overall, the proportion of other families was 0.3% compared to 0.3% in Neighbouring LGAs while the proportion of intact families was 86.1% compared to 90.7% in Neighbouring LGAs.
Emerging groups
The number of couple families with children in Frankston City increased by 635 between 2016 and 2021.
The largest changes in family blending in Frankston City between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Intact Family (+543 couples with children)
- Step family (+102 couples with children)