2.7 → 0.0%
Higher than 71% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bancroft · State Electorate
Family & Households in Bancroft
How families and households are made up across the area.
One-parent families have increased by 6.9 percentage points since 2011 in Bancroft. This shift is part of a broader trend where families are more common than in most areas, with a typical home housing 2.7 people. It is a place where few people live alone compared to the rest of the country.
2.7
→ 0.0%
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 2 areas
- 1.9: 3 areas
- 2.0: 4 areas
- 2.1: 7 areas
- 2.2: 23 areas
- 2.3: 65 areas
- 2.4: 66 areas
- 2.5: 72 areas
- 2.6: 51 areas
- 2.7: 44 areas
- 2.8: 32 areas
- 2.9: 28 areas
- 3.0: 11 areas
- 3.1: 10 areas
- 3.2: 10 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 0 areas
- 3.5: 1 area
- 3.6: 0 areas
- 3.7: 0 areas
- 3.8: 0 areas
- 3.9: 1 area
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 1 area
All state electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Bancroft — higher than 71% of areas.
| Bancroft | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| Greater Brisbane | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 20.5% of people live alone, which is well below the Australian figure of 25.6%. Most homes have two people (32.7%), contributing to a household size that is much higher than most similar areas.
20.5% ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 78% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Bancroft, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 1 person (20%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 58.2% of families. One-parent families account for 17.8%, a figure that is well above the national average of 14.1%.
17.8% ▲ +63.1%
Higher than 82% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 17.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bancroft, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 23%.
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 Bancroft [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30003/bancroft/topic/family-households