2.8 ▼ -3.4%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Banks · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Banks
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger homes and more people per household shape daily life in Banks, where 2.8 people typically live in each dwelling. This is higher than both the territory and national figures, reflecting a community focused on larger family units.
2.8
▼ -3.4%
- 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
- 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
- 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
- 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
- 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
- 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
- 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
- 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
- 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
- 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
- 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
- 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
- 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
- 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
- 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
- 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
- 3.9–4.0: 258 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Banks — higher than 76% of areas.
| Banks | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 2906, ACT | 2.7 |
| Australian Capital Territory | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are more crowded than usual, with 28.1% of households housing two people and 21.8% holding four. This helps explain why only 19.8% of residents live alone, a figure well below the national average of 25.6%.
19.8% ▲ +20.2%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 19.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Banks, the largest group is 2 people at 28%, followed by 4 people (22%) and 1 person (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of the area at 64.6%. One-parent families represent 14.5% of the total, which is a little above the ACT figure and higher than most similar areas.
14.5% ▼ -0.3%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Banks, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; Couples without children is next at 20%.
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/sal/SAL80021/banks/topic/family-households