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In 2021, Berkeley had 10.1% of couple families with children in step families and 5.5% 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
Berkeley - Total couples with children (Enumerated)20212016Change
Family blending by typeNumber%City of Newcastle %Number%City of Newcastle %2016 to 2021
Intact Family 66983.486.072888.488.7-60
Step family 8110.110.2516.26.9+30
Blended family 445.53.4404.93.9+4
Other couple family 81.00.540.50.5+4
Total couples with children802100.0100.0824100.0100.0-22
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 Berkeley in 2021 compared to City of Newcastle shows that there was a similar proportion of step families as well as a similar proportion of blended families. Overall, 10.1% of total couple families with children were step families, and 5.5% were blended families, compared with 10.2% and 3.4% respectively for City of Newcastle.

There were a higher proportion of other families and a lower proportion of couples without children. Overall, the proportion of other families was 1.0% compared to 0.5% in City of Newcastle while the proportion of intact families was 83.4% compared to 86.0% in City of Newcastle.

Emerging groups

The number of couple families with children in Berkeley decreased by 22 between 2016 and 2021.

The largest change in family blending in Berkeley between 2016 and 2021 was:

  • Intact Family (-60 couples with children)

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