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Kempsey Shire

Family blending

In 2021, Kempsey Shire had 11.7% of couple families with children in step families and 6.1% 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
Kempsey Shire - Total couples with children (Enumerated)20212011Change
Family blending by typeNumber%Aldavilla - Euroka - Yarravel %Number%Aldavilla - Euroka - Yarravel %2011 to 2021
Intact Family 1,94380.682.02,05384.790.0-110
Step family 28211.79.61917.96.1+91
Blended family 1476.18.41506.23.9-3
Other couple family 381.6--311.3--+7
Total couples with children2,410100.0100.02,425100.0100.0-15
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 Kempsey Shire in 2021 compared to Aldavilla - Euroka - Yarravel shows that there was a higher proportion of step families as well as a higher proportion of blended families. Overall, 11.7% of total couple families with children were step families, and 6.1% were blended families, compared with 9.6% and 8.4% respectively for Aldavilla - Euroka - Yarravel.

There were a higher proportion of other families and a lower proportion of couples without children. Overall, the proportion of other families was 1.6% compared to 0.0% in Aldavilla - Euroka - Yarravel while the proportion of intact families was 80.6% compared to 82.0% in Aldavilla - Euroka - Yarravel.

Emerging groups

The number of couple families with children in Kempsey Shire decreased by 15 between 2011 and 2021.

The largest changes in family blending in Kempsey Shire between 2011 and 2021 were:

  • Intact Family (-110 couples with children)
  • Step family (+91 couples with children)

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