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In 2021, Lalor Park had 7.1% of couple families with children in step families and 4.0% 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
Lalor Park - Total couples with children (Enumerated)20212016Change
Family blending by typeNumber%WSROC Region %Number%WSROC Region %2016 to 2021
Intact Family 77688.690.577189.491.6+5
Step family 627.16.4516.05.0+11
Blended family 354.02.7364.23.1-2
Other couple family 30.30.420.30.40
Total couples with children876100.0100.0862100.0100.0+14
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 Lalor Park in 2021 compared to WSROC Region shows that there was a higher proportion of step families as well as a higher proportion of blended families. Overall, 7.1% of total couple families with children were step families, and 4.0% were blended families, compared with 6.4% and 2.7% respectively for WSROC Region.

There were a similar proportion of other families and a lower proportion of couples without children. Overall, the proportion of other families was 0.3% compared to 0.4% in WSROC Region while the proportion of intact families was 88.6% compared to 90.5% in WSROC Region.

Emerging groups

The number of couple families with children in Lalor Park increased by 14 between 2016 and 2021.

There were no major differences in Lalor Park between 2016 and 2021.

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