2.6 —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Banyan · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer single-parent families live in Banyan than in most other similar areas. The community is dominated by couples, with no one-parent families recorded in the latest census. This creates a distinct family profile compared to the rest of the state.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Banyan — higher than 57% of areas.
Average household size.
Homes in Banyan typically hold 2.6 people. This is higher than most areas, though it is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
2.6 —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
In Banyan, 4 people is the majority at 67%; 2 people is next at 33%.
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 66.7% of families, while 42.9% are couples without children. Notably, one-parent families make up 0.0% of the total, which is far below the national figure of 14.1%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Banyan, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 39%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Banyan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20134/banyan/topic/family-households