Households
Family Blending
About this topic
Family blending classifies couple families with children according to whether the children are shared by both partners, from a previous relationship, or a mix of both. It applies only to couple families with children, not to all family types or all households.
This topic can help show patterns of repartnering and family complexity within an area. It should be interpreted with household type and households with children, because it is a specialised family-structure measure rather than a summary of all families.
Interpretation notes
- This derived family view applies only to couple families with children, not all families or all households.
- It classifies whether children are shared, step, or blended within the couple family, so it should not be compared directly with headline household totals.
Key insight
In 2021, intact families was the most common family type among couple families with children in McLeans Ridges (part), accounting for 95.2% (100 families). This share was higher than Lismore (C) (83.1%). Since 2016, the biggest change was in intact families, which increased by 27 families and 7.7 percentage points.
Section overview
Family blending
McLeans Ridges (part) - Total couples with children (Enumerated)
This table summarises family blending for McLeans Ridges (part) in 2021 for persons, with comparison against Lismore (C) and change since 2016.
This area boundary has changed from 2016 to 2021. As a result, 2016 values are mapped onto 2021 suburb boundaries using ABS concordance.
Boundary change is material, so 2016 change figures should be read as approximate.
Family blending snapshot
2021 distribution by category for McLeans Ridges (part), with comparison markers for Lismore (C).
Intact Family
Step family
Blended family
Other couple family
Chart view
Family blending change
Absolute change in category counts between 2016 and 2021.
Intact Family
+27
+7.7pp
Step family
+5
+4.4pp
Blended family
-3
-3.6pp
Other couple family
0
0.0pp
Data table
Family Blending for McLeans Ridges (part). Family blending. 2021 and 2016 counts, percentages, and change compared with Lismore (C).
| Category | 2021 | 2016 | Change | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Count | % | Lismore (C)% | Count | % | Lismore (C)% | Count | pp | |
| Intact Family | 100 | 95.2% | 83.1% | 73 | 87.5% | 86.4% | +27 | +7.7pp |
| Step family | 8 | 7.6% | 11.2% | 3 | 3.2% | 8.0% | +5 | +4.4pp |
| Blended family | 0 | 0.0% | 4.7% | 3 | 3.6% | 4.8% | -3 | -3.6pp |
| Other couple family | 0 | 0.0% | 0.9% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.8% | 0 | 0.0pp |
| Total couples with children | 105 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 84 | 100.0% | 100.0% | +21 | 0.0pp |