3.1 —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 3.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Banks Pocket · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Banks Pocket than in the rest of the country. This is a place of large households, where the typical home holds 3.1 people, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Banks Pocket — higher than 88% of areas.
| Banks Pocket | 3.1 |
|---|---|
| 4570, QLD | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Average household size.
Only 5.6% of residents live alone, a figure far below the 25.6% seen across Australia. Most homes are occupied by two people (48.1%), though larger households of five or more people make up nearly 15% of the area.
3.1 —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
5.6% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Banks Pocket, the largest group is 2 people at 46%, followed by 4 people (21%) and 3 people (13%).
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 64.5%. One-parent families are much lower than in most areas, at just 3.6%, which is far below the 14.1% national average.
3.6% —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Banks Pocket, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; Couples without children is next at 32%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Banks Pocket [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30145/banks-pocket/topic/family-households