2.8 ▲ +40.0%
Higher than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.0
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Enfield · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Enfield
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are sharing roofs in Enfield than in most other areas, with an average of 2.8 people per home. This makes for a crowded living environment where large households are common and few people live by themselves.
2.8
▲ +40.0%
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 18 areas
- 1.8: 37 areas
- 1.9: 87 areas
- 2.0: 173 areas
- 2.1: 203 areas
- 2.2: 204 areas
- 2.3: 216 areas
- 2.4: 164 areas
- 2.5: 136 areas
- 2.6: 109 areas
- 2.7: 94 areas
- 2.8: 81 areas
- 2.9: 65 areas
- 3.0: 52 areas
- 3.1: 36 areas
- 3.2: 16 areas
- 3.3: 18 areas
- 3.4: 9 areas
- 3.5: 11 areas
- 3.6: 5 areas
- 3.7: 7 areas
- 3.8: 5 areas
- 3.9: 11 areas
- 4.0: 9 areas
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 6 areas
- 4.3: 4 areas
- 4.4: 6 areas
- 4.5: 5 areas
- 4.6: 4 areas
- 4.7: 3 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 3 areas
- 5.0: 3 areas
- 5.1: 0 areas
- 5.2: 2 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 1 area
- 5.5: 1 area
- 5.6: 1 area
- 5.7: 2 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 1 area
- 6.0: 0 areas
- 6.1: 2 areas
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Enfield — higher than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The number of people per home has risen since 2011 to 2.8, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5. Only 15.1% of residents live alone, a figure that is far below the Victorian average and has dropped by 15 points over the last decade.
15.1% ▼ -49.3%
Lower than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.8%
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Enfield, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 4 people (18%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is dominated by couples with children, who make up 66.1% of the community. One-parent families account for 11.1% of the total, which is well below the Australian average and has fallen slightly since 2011.
11.1% ▼ -16.5%
Lower than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Enfield, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; 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 [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222023/enfield/topic/family-households