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Southern Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils (SSROC)Community profile

Canada Bay City

Family blending

In 2021, Canada Bay City had 5.9% of couple families with children in step families and 1.4% 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
Canada Bay City - Total couples with children (Enumerated)20212016Change
Family blending by typeNumber%Woollahra Municipal Council area %Number%Woollahra Municipal Council area %2016 to 2021
Intact Family 10,13592.590.610,12894.393.4+7
Step family 6475.97.64464.24.9+201
Blended family 1531.41.61441.31.7+9
Other couple family 200.20.1270.30.1-7
Total couples with children10,955100.0100.010,745100.0100.0+210
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 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 Canada Bay City in 2021 compared to Woollahra Municipal Council area shows that there was a lower proportion of step families as well as a lower proportion of blended families. Overall, 5.9% of total couple families with children were step families, and 1.4% were blended families, compared with 7.6% and 1.6% respectively for Woollahra Municipal Council area.

There were a similar proportion of other families and a higher proportion of couples without children. Overall, the proportion of other families was 0.2% compared to 0.1% in Woollahra Municipal Council area while the proportion of intact families was 92.5% compared to 90.6% in Woollahra Municipal Council area.

Emerging groups

The number of couple families with children in Canada Bay City increased by 210 between 2016 and 2021.

The largest change in family blending in Canada Bay City between 2016 and 2021 was:

  • Step family (+201 couples with children)

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