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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idIn 2021, South Metropolitan Region had 12.8% of couple families with children in step families and 3.4% 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 | |||||||
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| South Metropolitan Region - Total couples with children (Enumerated) | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||
| Family blending by type | Number | % | Forrestfield % | Number | % | Forrestfield % | 2016 to 2021 |
| Intact Family | 75,563 | 83.4 | 80.9 | 73,200 | 89.7 | 86.6 | +2,363 |
| Step family | 11,615 | 12.8 | 14.0 | 5,151 | 6.3 | 7.9 | +6,464 |
| Blended family | 3,049 | 3.4 | 4.6 | 2,913 | 3.6 | 4.9 | +136 |
| Other couple family | 385 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 333 | 0.4 | 0.6 | +52 |
| Total couples with children | 90,612 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 81,597 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +9,015 |
Dominant groups
Analysis of the family blending in South Metropolitan Region in 2021 compared to Forrestfield shows that there was a lower proportion of step families as well as a lower proportion of blended families. Overall, 12.8% of total couple families with children were step families, and 3.4% were blended families, compared with 14.0% and 4.6% respectively for Forrestfield.
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 0.5% in Forrestfield while the proportion of intact families was 83.4% compared to 80.9% in Forrestfield.
Emerging groups
The number of couple families with children in South Metropolitan Region increased by 9,015 between 2016 and 2021.
The largest changes in family blending in South Metropolitan Region between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Step family (+6,464 couples with children)
- Intact Family (+2,363 couples with children)
- Blended family (+136 couples with children)
- Other couple family (+52 couples with children)
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