2.6 ▲ +8.3%
Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Enfield - Blair Athol · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Enfield - Blair Athol
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all households in Enfield - Blair Athol are couples with children. This area has a high proportion of larger homes and families compared to most other parts of the state. It is a place where family life is common, though the number of single-parent homes has fallen since 2011.
2.6
▲ +8.3%
- 1.0: 7 areas
- 1.1: 0 areas
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 3 areas
- 1.4: 6 areas
- 1.5: 9 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 13 areas
- 1.8: 28 areas
- 1.9: 37 areas
- 2.0: 54 areas
- 2.1: 115 areas
- 2.2: 188 areas
- 2.3: 287 areas
- 2.4: 258 areas
- 2.5: 272 areas
- 2.6: 246 areas
- 2.7: 211 areas
- 2.8: 190 areas
- 2.9: 149 areas
- 3.0: 119 areas
- 3.1: 66 areas
- 3.2: 44 areas
- 3.3: 38 areas
- 3.4: 30 areas
- 3.5: 10 areas
- 3.6: 8 areas
- 3.7: 5 areas
- 3.8: 4 areas
- 3.9: 2 areas
- 4.0: 3 areas
- 4.1: 1 area
- 4.2: 1 area
- 4.3: 2 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 0 areas
- 5.0: 2 areas
- 5.1: 1 area
- 5.2: 0 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 0 areas
- 5.5: 0 areas
- 5.6: 0 areas
- 5.7: 0 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 0 areas
- 6.0: 2 areas
All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Enfield - Blair Athol — higher than 57% of areas.
| Enfield - Blair Athol | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 5084, SA | 2.7 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than usual, with an average of 2.6 people per dwelling, a figure that has risen since 2011. While 28.8% of people live alone—well above the national figure—the most common household sizes are one or two people.
28.8% ▼ -14.5%
Higher than 66% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 33.7%
- 2016: 30.9%
- 2021: 28.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Enfield - Blair Athol splits fairly evenly between 1 person (29%) and 2 people (28%), with 3 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 59.9% of families in the area. One-parent families account for 16.1% of the total, which is a little above the state and national figures, although this has dropped by 4.6 percentage points since 2011.
16.1% ▼ -22.2%
Higher than 72% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 20.7%
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Enfield - Blair Athol, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 22%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Enfield - Blair Athol [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/402031036/enfield-blair-athol/topic/family-households