2.6 ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Enfield · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Enfield
How families and households are made up across the area.
More families with single parents live in Enfield than in most similar areas. While the typical home holds about 2.6 people, the local family mix is dominated by couples with children who make up 60.7% of all households.
2.6
▼ -3.7%
- 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
- 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
- 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
- 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
- 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
- 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
- 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
- 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
- 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
- 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
- 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
- 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
- 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
- 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
- 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
- 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
- 3.9–4.0: 258 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Enfield — higher than 57% of areas.
| Enfield | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 2136, NSW | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 22.6% of people here live alone, which is a little below the national figure of 25.6%. Most homes are small, with 30.6% housing two people and 20.9% housing three.
22.6% ▼ -2.2%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 22.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Enfield, the largest group is 2 people at 31%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 3 people (21%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 16.7% of the local total, a figure that is much higher than most areas and a little above the New South Wales average of 14.0%.
16.7% ▲ +7.1%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.6%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Enfield, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 21%.
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 [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11424/enfield/topic/family-households