2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Banana · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Banana
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer one-parent families live in Banana than in most other areas, with only 10.8% of families falling into this group. This gap makes the region stand out compared to the national average. Most homes here are family-based, though the number of people living alone has risen since 2011.
2.5
▼ -3.8%
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 1 area
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 5 areas
- 1.9: 5 areas
- 2.0: 9 areas
- 2.1: 26 areas
- 2.2: 77 areas
- 2.3: 107 areas
- 2.4: 90 areas
- 2.5: 83 areas
- 2.6: 39 areas
- 2.7: 30 areas
- 2.8: 18 areas
- 2.9: 13 areas
- 3.0: 3 areas
- 3.1: 9 areas
- 3.2: 5 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 4 areas
- 3.5: 5 areas
- 3.6: 1 area
- 3.7: 3 areas
- 3.8: 2 areas
- 3.9: 1 area
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 2 areas
- 4.3: 0 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 1 area
All council (lga) areas, 2021. The marker is Banana — higher than 71% of areas.
| Banana | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Qld | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Banana holds 2.5 people, which is about the same as the national figure. While the number of people per home has edged down since 2011, those living alone rose to 26.9% over the same period.
26.9% ▲ +13.8%
Lower than 64% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 26.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Banana, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 4 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 58.8% of families in the area. This helps explain why the 10.8% of one-parent families is well below both the Queensland and Australian figures.
10.8% ▲ +6.9%
Lower than 76% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Banana, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Banana [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA30370/banana/topic/family-households