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East Arnhem LGA - Nhulunbuy - Alyangula

Family blending

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In 2021, East Arnhem LGA - Nhulunbuy - Alyangula had 9.1% 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.

Q:

Derived from the Census question:

'What is the person's relationship (to each other person in the household)?'

Family blending
East Arnhem LGA - Nhulunbuy - Alyangula - Total couples with children (Enumerated)20212011Change
Family blending by typeNumber%RDA Northern Territory %Number%RDA Northern Territory %2011 to 2021
Intact Family 1,18485.481.21,36787.384.2-183
Step family 1269.112.8774.98.5+49
Blended family 594.34.8925.95.7-33
Other couple family 181.31.3291.91.6-11
Total couples with children1,387100.0100.01,565100.0100.0-178
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2011 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 East Arnhem LGA - Nhulunbuy - Alyangula in 2021 compared to the RDA Northern Territory shows that there was a lower proportion of step families as well as a lower proportion of blended families. Overall, 9.1% of total couple families with children were step families, and 4.3% were blended families, compared with 12.8% and 4.8% respectively for the RDA Northern Territory.

There were a similar proportion of other families and a higher proportion of couples without children. Overall, the proportion of other families was 1.3% compared to 1.3% in the RDA Northern Territory while the proportion of intact families was 85.4% compared to 81.2% in the RDA Northern Territory.

Emerging groups

The number of couple families with children in East Arnhem LGA - Nhulunbuy - Alyangula decreased by 178 between 2011 and 2021.

The largest change in family blending in East Arnhem LGA - Nhulunbuy - Alyangula between 2011 and 2021 was:

  • Intact Family (-183 couples with children)

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