2.8 → 0.0%
Higher than 79% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Banks · Federal Electorate
Family & Households in Banks
How families and households are made up across the area.
Household patterns in Banks have remained remarkably steady since 2011, with the typical home still housing 2.8 people. This is much higher than most similar areas, reflecting a community where larger households are the norm. Most homes here are family-based, with 62.9% consisting of couples with children.
2.8
→ 0.0%
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 0 areas
- 1.9: 2 areas
- 2.0: 1 area
- 2.1: 1 area
- 2.2: 3 areas
- 2.3: 23 areas
- 2.4: 27 areas
- 2.5: 26 areas
- 2.6: 22 areas
- 2.7: 16 areas
- 2.8: 8 areas
- 2.9: 9 areas
- 3.0: 5 areas
- 3.1: 6 areas
- 3.2: 2 areas
- 3.3: 1 area
All federal electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Banks — higher than 79% of areas.
| Banks | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| Greater Sydney | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Banks typically hold 2.8 people, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5. This larger household size is reflected in the fact that only 22.5% of people live alone, a figure well below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
22.5% ▲ +1.8%
Lower than 71% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 22.1%
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 22.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Banks, the largest group is 2 people at 29%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 4 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 62.9%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 13.5%, which is about the same as both the state and national figures.
13.5% ▼ -0.4%
Lower than 58% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Banks, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; 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 Banks [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED101/banks/topic/family-households