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Nairne and District

Family blending

In 2021, Nairne and District had 6.5% of couple families with children in step families and 4.0% 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

Family blending
Nairne and District - Total couples with children (Enumerated)20212016Change
Family blending by typeNumber%South Australia %Number%South Australia %2016 to 2021
Intact Family 72289.188.468189.088.2+41
Step family 536.57.1486.37.3+5
Blended family 324.03.9364.74.0-4
Other couple family 30.40.60--0.5+3

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).

Family blending, 2021
Family blending, 2021 Other couple family , South Australia: 0.6% Blended family , South Australia: 3.9% Step family , South Australia: 7.1% Intact Family , South Australia: 88.4% Other couple family , Nairne and District: 0.4% Blended family , Nairne and District: 4.0% Step family , Nairne and District: 6.5% Intact Family , Nairne and District: 89.1%
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing, 2021 (Enumerated data)
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Change in family blending, 2016 to 2021
Change in family blending, 2016 to 2021 Other couple family , Nairne and District: +3 Blended family , Nairne and District: -4 Step family , Nairne and District: +5 Intact Family , Nairne and District: +41
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing, 2016 and 2021 (Enumerated data)
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Dominant groups

Analysis of the family blending in Nairne and District in 2021 compared to South Australia shows that there was a lower proportion of step families as well as a lower proportion of blended families. Overall, 6.5% of total couple families with children were step families, and 4.0% were blended families, compared with 7.1% and 3.9% respectively for South Australia.

There were a similar proportion of other families and a higher proportion of couples without children. Overall, the proportion of other families was 0.4% compared to 0.6% in South Australia while the proportion of intact families was 89.1% compared to 88.4% in South Australia.

Emerging groups

The number of couple families with children in Nairne and District increased by 45 between 2016 and 2021.

There were no major differences in Nairne and District between 2016 and 2021.

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