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Family blending

In 2021, Lismore City had 11.2% of couple families with children in step families and 4.7% 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.

Derived from the Census question:

'What is the person's relationship (to each other person in the household)?'

Couple families with children

Family blending
Lismore City - Total couples with children (Enumerated)20212016Change
Family blending by typeNumber%South Lismore %Number%South Lismore %2016 to 2021
Intact Family 3,41683.274.03,48586.476.4-69
Step family 46011.214.93268.113.0+134
Blended family 1934.77.81904.710.6+3
Other couple family 380.93.2330.8--+5

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).

Family blending, 2021
Family blending, 2021 Other couple family , South Lismore: 3.2% Blended family , South Lismore: 7.8% Step family , South Lismore: 14.9% Intact Family , South Lismore: 74.0% Other couple family , Lismore City: 0.9% Blended family , Lismore City: 4.7% Step family , Lismore City: 11.2% Intact Family , Lismore City: 83.2%
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing, 2021 (Enumerated data)
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Change in family blending, 2016 to 2021
Change in family blending, 2016 to 2021 Other couple family , Lismore City: +5 Blended family , Lismore City: +3 Step family , Lismore City: +134 Intact Family , Lismore City: -69
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing, 2016 and 2021 (Enumerated data)
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Dominant groups

Analysis of the family blending in Lismore City in 2021 compared to South Lismore shows that there was a lower proportion of step families as well as a lower proportion of blended families. Overall, 11.2% of total couple families with children were step families, and 4.7% were blended families, compared with 14.9% and 7.8% respectively for South Lismore.

There were a lower proportion of other families and a higher proportion of couples without children. Overall, the proportion of other families was 0.9% compared to 3.2% in South Lismore while the proportion of intact families was 83.2% compared to 74.0% in South Lismore.

Emerging groups

The number of couple families with children in Lismore City increased by 73 between 2016 and 2021.

The largest changes in family blending in Lismore City between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • Step family (+134 couples with children)
  • Intact Family (-69 couples with children)

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