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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idIn 2021, Moonee Beach had 8.8% of couple families with children in step families and 4.2% 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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| Moonee Beach - Total couples with children (Enumerated) | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||
| Family blending by type | Number | % | Coffs Harbour (South East) % | Number | % | Coffs Harbour (South East) % | 2016 to 2021 |
| Intact Family | 246 | 86.9 | 80.5 | 235 | 93.6 | 95.0 | +11 |
| Step family | 25 | 8.8 | 11.6 | 7 | 2.8 | 2.1 | +18 |
| Blended family | 12 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 9 | 3.6 | 2.9 | +3 |
| Other couple family | 0 | -- | 3.7 | 0 | -- | -- | 0 |
| Total couples with children | 283 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 251 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +32 |
Dominant groups
Analysis of the family blending in Moonee Beach in 2021 compared to Coffs Harbour (South East) shows that there was a lower proportion of step families as well as a lower proportion of blended families. Overall, 8.8% of total couple families with children were step families, and 4.2% were blended families, compared with 11.6% and 4.3% respectively for Coffs Harbour (South East).
There were a lower proportion of other families and a higher proportion of couples without children. Overall, the proportion of other families was 0.0% compared to 3.7% in Coffs Harbour (South East) while the proportion of intact families was 86.9% compared to 80.5% in Coffs Harbour (South East).
Emerging groups
The number of couple families with children in Moonee Beach increased by 32 between 2016 and 2021.
There were no major differences in Moonee Beach between 2016 and 2021.
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