3.1 ▲ +3.3%
Higher than 96% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 3.1
- 2021: 3.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bankstown · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Bankstown
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 66% of families in Bankstown, the most common home type in the area. This contributes to larger-than-average households, where the typical home holds 3.1 people. It is an area with a strong focus on family living, with far fewer people living alone than the national average.
3.1
▲ +3.3%
- 1.0: 1 area
- 1.1: 0 areas
- 1.2: 0 areas
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 2 areas
- 1.9: 4 areas
- 2.0: 3 areas
- 2.1: 7 areas
- 2.2: 17 areas
- 2.3: 60 areas
- 2.4: 55 areas
- 2.5: 57 areas
- 2.6: 43 areas
- 2.7: 19 areas
- 2.8: 27 areas
- 2.9: 16 areas
- 3.0: 13 areas
- 3.1: 6 areas
- 3.2: 5 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 1 area
- 3.5: 1 area
- 3.6: 0 areas
- 3.7: 0 areas
- 3.8: 1 area
- 3.9: 0 areas
- 4.0: 1 area
All sub-region (sa3) areas, 2021. The marker is Bankstown — higher than 96% of areas.
| Bankstown | 3.1 |
|---|---|
| Greater Sydney | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than usual, with 3.1 people per household, a figure that has edged up since 2011. Only 19.8% of people live alone, which is well below the 25.6% national figure.
19.8% ▼ -2.2%
Lower than 84% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 20.2%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 19.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Bankstown, the largest group is 2 people at 25%, followed by 1 person (20%) and 4 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 16.6% of the total, a figure that is much higher than in most other areas. This is a little above the Australian average of 14.1% and has remained steady since 2011.
16.6% ▲ +1.6%
Higher than 78% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 16.3%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bankstown, Couples with children is the majority at 66%; One-parent families is next at 17%.
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 Bankstown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/11901/bankstown/topic/family-households