2.5 ▲ +4.2%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
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.
About 60% of families in Enfield are couples with children, making this the most common family type. While family homes are typical for the area, a high number of people also live on their own here.
2.5
▲ +4.2%
- 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 50% of areas.
| Enfield | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 5085, SA | 2.6 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 30% of people live alone, which is well above the national figure of 26%. Despite this, the typical home holds 2.5 people, which is about the same as across Australia.
30.1% ▼ -10.9%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.7%
- 2016: 31.1%
- 2021: 30.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Enfield splits fairly evenly between 1 person (30%) and 2 people (28%), with 3 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 14.4% of the total, a figure that is higher than most similar areas and about the same as the state and national averages.
14.4% ▼ -26.5%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Enfield, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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/SAL40411/enfield/topic/family-households