Glen Waverley
Family blending
In 2021, Glen Waverley had 3.3% of couple families with children in step families and 1.0% 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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| Glen Waverley - Total couples with children (Enumerated) | 2021 | 2016 | Change | |||||
| Family blending by type | Number | % | Wheelers Hill % | Number | % | Wheelers Hill % | 2016 to 2021 | |
| Intact Family | 5,867 | 95.5 | 95.6 | 5,619 | 94.8 | 94.9 | +248 | 19601 |
| Step family | 202 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 218 | 3.7 | 3.5 | -16 | 19602 |
| Blended family | 64 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 75 | 1.3 | 1.4 | -11 | 19603 |
| Other couple family | 8 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 13 | 0.2 | 0.3 | -5 | 19604 |
| Total couples with children | 6,141 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 5,925 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +216 | |
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 Glen Waverley in 2021 compared to Wheelers Hill shows that there was a similar proportion of step families as well as a similar proportion of blended families. Overall, 3.3% of total couple families with children were step families, and 1.0% were blended families, compared with 3.1% and 1.3% respectively for Wheelers Hill.
There were a similar proportion of other families and a similar proportion of couples without children. Overall, the proportion of other families was 0.1% compared to 0.1% in Wheelers Hill while the proportion of intact families was 95.5% compared to 95.6% in Wheelers Hill.
Emerging groups
The number of couple families with children in Glen Waverley increased by 216 between 2016 and 2021.
The largest change in family blending in Glen Waverley between 2016 and 2021 was:
- Intact Family (+248 couples with children)