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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idIn 2021, the City of Port Adelaide Enfield had 6.2% of couple families with children in step families and 2.9% 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)?'
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| City of Port Adelaide Enfield - Total couples with children (Enumerated) | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||
| Family blending by type | Number | % | Klemzig - Windsor Gardens - Dernancourt % | Number | % | Klemzig - Windsor Gardens - Dernancourt % | 2016 to 2021 |
| Intact Family | 13,366 | 90.4 | 92.5 | 11,703 | 89.9 | 90.7 | +1,663 |
| Step family | 921 | 6.2 | 5.1 | 868 | 6.7 | 6.6 | +53 |
| Blended family | 432 | 2.9 | 2.2 | 398 | 3.1 | 2.1 | +34 |
| Other couple family | 60 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 50 | 0.4 | 0.6 | +10 |
| Total couples with children | 14,779 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 13,019 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +1,760 |
Dominant groups
Analysis of the family blending in the City of Port Adelaide Enfield in 2021 compared to Klemzig - Windsor Gardens - Dernancourt shows that there was a higher proportion of step families as well as a higher proportion of blended families. Overall, 6.2% of total couple families with children were step families, and 2.9% were blended families, compared with 5.1% and 2.2% respectively for Klemzig - Windsor Gardens - Dernancourt.
There were a similar proportion of other families and a lower proportion of couples without children. Overall, the proportion of other families was 0.4% compared to 0.3% in Klemzig - Windsor Gardens - Dernancourt while the proportion of intact families was 90.4% compared to 92.5% in Klemzig - Windsor Gardens - Dernancourt.
Emerging groups
The number of couple families with children in City of Port Adelaide Enfield increased by 1,760 between 2016 and 2021.
The largest changes in family blending in the City of Port Adelaide Enfield between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Intact Family (+1,663 couples with children)
- Step family (+53 couples with children)
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