2.8 ▲ +7.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.8
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.
A typical home in Enfield holds 2.8 people, which is much higher than most similar areas. This means households here are generally larger than those found across Victoria and the rest of Australia.
2.8
▲ +7.7%
- 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 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Few people live by themselves here, with only 16% of households consisting of one person. This is well below the national figure of 25.6% and helps explain why typical homes are larger.
16.0% ▼ -16.0%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Enfield, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 3 people (19%) and 1 person (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families in Enfield are couples with children, making up 62.6% of the total. One-parent families represent 10% of the group, which is well below the Victorian average of 13.3%.
10.0% ▼ -18.9%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Enfield, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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/SAL20872/enfield/topic/family-households