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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idIn 2021, Toowoomba Regional Council area had 10.3% of couple families with children in step families and 5.1% 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)?'
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| Toowoomba Regional Council area - Total couples with children (Enumerated) | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||
| Family blending by type | Number | % | RDA Darling Downs and South West Region % | Number | % | RDA Darling Downs and South West Region % | 2016 to 2021 |
| Intact Family | 14,970 | 83.9 | 83.9 | 14,824 | 87.3 | 87.4 | +146 |
| Step family | 1,843 | 10.3 | 10.1 | 1,157 | 6.8 | 6.6 | +686 |
| Blended family | 917 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 892 | 5.3 | 5.3 | +25 |
| Other couple family | 118 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 115 | 0.7 | 0.7 | +3 |
| Total couples with children | 17,848 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 16,988 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +860 |
Dominant groups
Analysis of the family blending in Toowoomba Regional Council area in 2021 compared to the RDA Darling Downs and South West Region shows that there was a similar proportion of step families as well as a similar proportion of blended families. Overall, 10.3% of total couple families with children were step families, and 5.1% were blended families, compared with 10.1% and 5.2% respectively for the RDA Darling Downs and South West Region.
There were a similar proportion of other families and a similar proportion of couples without children. Overall, the proportion of other families was 0.7% compared to 0.8% in the RDA Darling Downs and South West Region while the proportion of intact families was 83.9% compared to 83.9% in the RDA Darling Downs and South West Region.
Emerging groups
The number of couple families with children in Toowoomba Regional Council area increased by 860 between 2016 and 2021.
The largest changes in family blending in Toowoomba Regional Council area between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Step family (+686 couples with children)
- Intact Family (+146 couples with children)
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