2.0 —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.7
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ensay · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Ensay
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small household sizes define Ensay, where the typical home holds just two people. This is well below the national figure of 2.5, making it a place where small groups or individuals are the norm.
2.0
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- 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 Ensay — lower than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Living alone is much more common here than in most areas, with 35.1% of people in single-person homes. This is well above the Victorian average of 25.9%, which helps explain why the typical home size is so small.
35.1% —
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 50.0%
- 2021: 35.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Ensay, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 1 person (37%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest family group at 44.9%, while couples with children follow closely at 42.1%. One-parent families account for 14.0%, a figure that is higher than most areas but about the same as the national average.
14.0% —
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Ensay splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (44%) and Couples with children (42%), with One-parent families at 14%.
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 Ensay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20875/ensay/topic/family-households