Analysis of the family blending in SSROC region in 2021 compared to Sutherland Shire shows that there was a lower proportion of step families as well as a lower proportion of blended families. Overall, 6.3% of total couple families with children were step families, and 1.9% were blended families, compared with 7.6% and 2.6% respectively for Sutherland Shire.
There were a similar proportion of other families and a higher proportion of couples without children. Overall, the proportion of other families was 0.2% compared to 0.2% in Sutherland Shire while the proportion of intact families was 91.5% compared to 89.7% in Sutherland Shire.