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City of Gosnells

Family blending

In 2021, the City of Gosnells had 11.2% of couple families with children in step families and 3.4% 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
City of Gosnells - Total couples with children (Enumerated)20212016Change
Family blending by typeNumber%Kenwick %Number%Kenwick %2016 to 2021
Intact Family 14,21784.985.613,92189.587.5+296
Step family 1,87311.29.19696.26.7+904
Blended family 5773.44.25863.85.4-9
Other couple family 830.51.1760.50.4+7
Total couples with children16,750100.0100.015,552100.0100.0+1,198
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 the City of Gosnells in 2021 compared to Kenwick shows that there was a higher proportion of step families as well as a higher proportion of blended families. Overall, 11.2% of total couple families with children were step families, and 3.4% were blended families, compared with 9.1% and 4.2% respectively for Kenwick.

There were a lower proportion of other families and a lower proportion of couples without children. Overall, the proportion of other families was 0.5% compared to 1.1% in Kenwick while the proportion of intact families was 84.9% compared to 85.6% in Kenwick.

Emerging groups

The number of couple families with children in City of Gosnells increased by 1,198 between 2016 and 2021.

The largest changes in family blending in the City of Gosnells between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • Step family (+904 couples with children)
  • Intact Family (+296 couples with children)

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