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Harrington - Crowdy Head

Family blending

In 2021, Harrington - Crowdy Head had 12.0% of couple families with children in step families and 3.8% 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

Family blending
Harrington - Crowdy Head - Total couples with children (Enumerated)20212016Change
Family blending by typeNumber%Pacific Palms - Coomba Park area %Number%Pacific Palms - Coomba Park area %2016 to 2021
Intact Family 15082.085.516086.088.8-10
Step family 2212.010.3105.49.8+12
Blended family 73.82.342.21.4+3
Other couple family 42.21.9126.5---8

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 , Pacific Palms - Coomba Park area: 1.9% Blended family , Pacific Palms - Coomba Park area: 2.3% Step family , Pacific Palms - Coomba Park area: 10.3% Intact Family , Pacific Palms - Coomba Park area: 85.5% Other couple family , Harrington - Crowdy Head: 2.2% Blended family , Harrington - Crowdy Head: 3.8% Step family , Harrington - Crowdy Head: 12.0% Intact Family , Harrington - Crowdy Head: 82.0%
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 , Harrington - Crowdy Head: -8 Blended family , Harrington - Crowdy Head: +3 Step family , Harrington - Crowdy Head: +12 Intact Family , Harrington - Crowdy Head: -10
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 Harrington - Crowdy Head in 2021 compared to Pacific Palms - Coomba Park area shows that there was a higher proportion of step families as well as a higher proportion of blended families. Overall, 12.0% of total couple families with children were step families, and 3.8% were blended families, compared with 10.3% and 2.3% respectively for Pacific Palms - Coomba Park area.

There were a similar proportion of other families and a lower proportion of couples without children. Overall, the proportion of other families was 2.2% compared to 1.9% in Pacific Palms - Coomba Park area while the proportion of intact families was 82.0% compared to 85.5% in Pacific Palms - Coomba Park area.

Emerging groups

The number of couple families with children in Harrington - Crowdy Head decreased by 3 between 2016 and 2021.

There were no major differences in Harrington - Crowdy Head between 2016 and 2021.

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