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In 2021, Engadine had 7.1% of couple families with children in step families and 3.1% 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
Engadine - Total couples with children (Enumerated)20212011Change
Family blending by typeNumber%Barden Ridge - Lucas Heights %Number%Barden Ridge - Lucas Heights %2011 to 2021
Intact Family 2,40789.788.42,34591.793.4+62
Step family 1907.17.61355.35.4+55
Blended family 833.14.0773.01.1+6
Other couple family 30.1--0----+3
Total couples with children2,683100.0100.02,557100.0100.0+126
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 Engadine in 2021 compared to Barden Ridge - Lucas Heights shows that there was a lower proportion of step families as well as a lower proportion of blended families. Overall, 7.1% of total couple families with children were step families, and 3.1% were blended families, compared with 7.6% and 4.0% respectively for Barden Ridge - Lucas Heights.

There were a similar proportion of other families and a higher proportion of couples without children. Overall, the proportion of other families was 0.1% compared to 0.0% in Barden Ridge - Lucas Heights while the proportion of intact families was 89.7% compared to 88.4% in Barden Ridge - Lucas Heights.

Emerging groups

The number of couple families with children in Engadine increased by 126 between 2011 and 2021.

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

  • Intact Family (+62 couples with children)
  • Step family (+55 couples with children)

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