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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idIn 2021, Dakabin - Kallangur had 13.3% of couple families with children in step families and 6.5% 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)?'
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| Dakabin - Kallangur - Total couples with children (Enumerated) | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||
| Family blending by type | Number | % | Redcliffe Rail Planning Area % | Number | % | Redcliffe Rail Planning Area % | 2016 to 2021 |
| Intact Family | 2,268 | 79.7 | 81.4 | 2,178 | 82.4 | 84.2 | +90 |
| Step family | 377 | 13.3 | 12.4 | 237 | 9.0 | 9.6 | +140 |
| Blended family | 184 | 6.5 | 5.6 | 217 | 8.2 | 6.1 | -33 |
| Other couple family | 15 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 12 | 0.5 | 0.1 | +3 |
| Total couples with children | 2,844 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 2,644 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +200 |
Dominant groups
Analysis of the family blending in Dakabin - Kallangur in 2021 compared to Redcliffe Rail Planning Area shows that there was a higher proportion of step families as well as a higher proportion of blended families. Overall, 13.3% of total couple families with children were step families, and 6.5% were blended families, compared with 12.4% and 5.6% respectively for Redcliffe Rail Planning Area.
There were a similar proportion of other families and a lower proportion of couples without children. Overall, the proportion of other families was 0.5% compared to 0.5% in Redcliffe Rail Planning Area while the proportion of intact families was 79.7% compared to 81.4% in Redcliffe Rail Planning Area.
Emerging groups
The number of couple families with children in Dakabin - Kallangur increased by 200 between 2016 and 2021.
The largest changes in family blending in Dakabin - Kallangur between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Step family (+140 couples with children)
- Intact Family (+90 couples with children)
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