Wyong, Warnervale and Gorokan
Family blending
In 2021, Wyong, Warnervale and Gorokan had 11.7% of couple families with children in step families and 6.9% 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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| Wyong, Warnervale and Gorokan - Total couples with children (Enumerated) | 2021 | 2016 | Change | |||||
| Family blending by type | Number | % | Budgewoi Ward % | Number | % | Budgewoi Ward % | 2016 to 2021 | |
| Intact Family | 5,011 | 80.4 | 78.8 | 4,769 | 82.3 | 82.3 | +242 | 19601 |
| Step family | 727 | 11.7 | 13.3 | 574 | 9.9 | 9.6 | +153 | 19602 |
| Blended family | 431 | 6.9 | 7.1 | 395 | 6.8 | 7.2 | +36 | 19603 |
| Other couple family | 63 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 56 | 1.0 | 0.8 | +7 | 19604 |
| Total couples with children | 6,232 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 5,794 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +438 | |
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 Wyong, Warnervale and Gorokan in 2021 compared to Budgewoi Ward shows that there was a lower proportion of step families as well as a lower proportion of blended families. Overall, 11.7% of total couple families with children were step families, and 6.9% were blended families, compared with 13.3% and 7.1% respectively for Budgewoi Ward.
There were a similar proportion of other families and a higher proportion of couples without children. Overall, the proportion of other families was 1.0% compared to 0.9% in Budgewoi Ward while the proportion of intact families was 80.4% compared to 78.8% in Budgewoi Ward.
Emerging groups
The number of couple families with children in Wyong, Warnervale and Gorokan increased by 438 between 2016 and 2021.
The largest changes in family blending in Wyong, Warnervale and Gorokan between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Intact Family (+242 couples with children)
- Step family (+153 couples with children)