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North Manly

Family blending

In 2021, North Manly had 6.3% of couple families with children in step families and 3.0% 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.

Derived from the Census question:

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

Couple families with children

Family blending
North Manly - Total couples with children (Enumerated)20212016Change
Family blending by typeNumber%Narraweena %Number%Narraweena %2016 to 2021
Intact Family 48790.790.145193.092.1+36
Step family 346.36.3285.84.4+6
Blended family 163.02.761.22.6+10
Other couple family 0--0.80--0.90

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 , Narraweena: 0.8% Blended family , Narraweena: 2.7% Step family , Narraweena: 6.3% Intact Family , Narraweena: 90.1% Blended family , North Manly: 3.0% Step family , North Manly: 6.3% Intact Family , North Manly: 90.7%
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 , North Manly: 0 Blended family , North Manly: +10 Step family , North Manly: +6 Intact Family , North Manly: +36
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 North Manly in 2021 compared to Narraweena shows that there was a similar proportion of step families as well as a similar proportion of blended families. Overall, 6.3% of total couple families with children were step families, and 3.0% were blended families, compared with 6.3% and 2.7% respectively for Narraweena.

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 Narraweena while the proportion of intact families was 90.7% compared to 90.1% in Narraweena.

Emerging groups

The number of couple families with children in North Manly increased by 52 between 2016 and 2021.

There were no major differences in North Manly between 2016 and 2021.

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