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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idIn 2021, Bahrs Scrub - Wolffdene - Belivah had 17.5% of couple families with children in step families and 7.6% 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.
Q:
Derived from the Census question:
'What is the person's relationship (to each other person in the household)?'
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| Bahrs Scrub - Wolffdene - Belivah - Total couples with children (Enumerated) | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||
| Family blending by type | Number | % | North Maclean - South Maclean % | Number | % | North Maclean - South Maclean % | 2016 to 2021 |
| Intact Family | 488 | 74.2 | 82.1 | 265 | 83.9 | 89.0 | +223 |
| Step family | 115 | 17.5 | 13.2 | 30 | 9.5 | 7.5 | +85 |
| Blended family | 50 | 7.6 | 4.0 | 17 | 5.4 | 3.5 | +33 |
| Other couple family | 5 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 4 | 1.3 | -- | +1 |
| Total couples with children | 658 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 316 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +342 |
Dominant groups
Analysis of the family blending in Bahrs Scrub - Wolffdene - Belivah in 2021 compared to North Maclean - South Maclean shows that there was a higher proportion of step families as well as a higher proportion of blended families. Overall, 17.5% of total couple families with children were step families, and 7.6% were blended families, compared with 13.2% and 4.0% respectively for North Maclean - South Maclean.
There were a similar proportion of other families and a lower proportion of couples without children. Overall, the proportion of other families was 0.8% compared to 0.6% in North Maclean - South Maclean while the proportion of intact families was 74.2% compared to 82.1% in North Maclean - South Maclean.
Emerging groups
The number of couple families with children in Bahrs Scrub - Wolffdene - Belivah increased by 342 between 2016 and 2021.
The largest changes in family blending in Bahrs Scrub - Wolffdene - Belivah between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Intact Family (+223 couples with children)
- Step family (+85 couples with children)
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