Analysis of the family blending in FNQROC region in 2021 compared to Regional QLD shows that there was a lower proportion of step families as well as a lower proportion of blended families. Overall, 11.2% of total couple families with children were step families, and 4.5% were blended families, compared with 11.8% and 4.9% respectively for Regional QLD.
There were a similar proportion of other families and a higher proportion of couples without children. Overall, the proportion of other families was 0.9% compared to 0.7% in Regional QLD while the proportion of intact families was 83.5% compared to 82.6% in Regional QLD.