Greenfield Park
Family blending
In 2021, Greenfield Park had 4.5% of couple families with children in step families and 0.8% 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
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| Greenfield Park - Total couples with children (Enumerated) | 2021 | 2016 | Change | |||||
| Family blending by type | Number | % | Cabramatta Place % | Number | % | Cabramatta Place % | 2016 to 2021 | |
| Intact Family | 744 | 94.8 | 86.9 | 742 | 95.7 | 90.1 | +2 | 19601 |
| Step family | 35 | 4.5 | 8.9 | 24 | 3.1 | 6.6 | +11 | 19602 |
| Blended family | 6 | 0.8 | 3.5 | 9 | 1.2 | 3.0 | -3 | 19603 |
| Other couple family | 0 | -- | 0.8 | 0 | -- | 0.3 | 0 | 19604 |
| Total couples with children | 785 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 775 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +10 | |
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing (opens a new window) 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (opens a new window)(informed decisions).
(Enumerated data)
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Dominant groups
Analysis of the family blending in Greenfield Park in 2021 compared to Cabramatta Place shows that there was a lower proportion of step families as well as a lower proportion of blended families. Overall, 4.5% of total couple families with children were step families, and 0.8% were blended families, compared with 8.9% and 3.5% respectively for Cabramatta Place.
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 0.8% in Cabramatta Place while the proportion of intact families was 94.8% compared to 86.9% in Cabramatta Place.
Emerging groups
The number of couple families with children in Greenfield Park increased by 10 between 2016 and 2021.
There were no major differences in Greenfield Park between 2016 and 2021.