Agnes Banks

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 826 people in Agnes Banks of these 51.5% were male and 48.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Agnes Banks was 33 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.5% of the population.

Of people in Agnes Banks aged 15 years and over, 55.7% were married and 10.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Agnes Banks was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Agnes Banks, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Agnes Banks was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Agnes Banks 35.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.8% were in primary school, 20.6% in secondary school and 14.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Agnes Banks were English 31.8%, Australian 28.9%, Irish 6.6%, Maltese 5.3% and Scottish 3.4%.

In Agnes Banks, 81.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.1%, Malta 1.2%, New Zealand 1.1%, Greece 0.7% and Netherlands 0.7%.

In Agnes Banks, 65.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 20.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Agnes Banks were Catholic 29.7%, Anglican 26.6%, No Religion 15.8%, Eastern Orthodox 4.4% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.8%.

In Agnes Banks 87.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Maltese 1.2%, Macedonian 1.0%, Greek 0.6%, Urdu 0.5% and Lao 0.5%.

Employment

There were 418 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Agnes Banks. Of these 62.0% were employed full time, 28.2% were employed part-time and 4.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Agnes Banks, 12.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Agnes Banks was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Agnes Banks included Managers 15.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.3%, Professionals 13.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.8%, Labourers 10.8%, Sales Workers 8.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.5%.

Of the employed people in Agnes Banks, the most common responses for industry of employment included Public Order and Safety Services 4.3%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.3%, Building Installation Services 3.0%, Horse and Dog Racing Activities 3.0% and Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Agnes Banks was $670.

In Agnes Banks, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.9%, Walked only 4.0%, Truck 3.0%, Car, as passenger 2.3% and Train 0.8%. On the day, 2.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Agnes Banks, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 35.9% provided care for children and 15.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.2% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Agnes Banks, 26.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Agnes Banks, 58.1% were couple families with children, 28.1% were couple families without children and 12.4% were one parent families.

In Agnes Banks 9.7% of single parents were male and 90.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Agnes Banks, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,302 and those without children was $1,687.

Employment status of couple families

In Agnes Banks, of couple families with children, 22.3% had both partners employed full-time, 2.2% had both employed part-time and 23.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Agnes Banks, 94.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Agnes Banks, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Agnes Banks, of occupied private dwellings 1.3% had 1 bedroom, 5.6% had 2 bedrooms and 41.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 3.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Agnes Banks, 33.5% were owned outright, 46.4% were owned with a mortgage and 17.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Agnes Banks, of all households, 87.6% were family households, 11.2% were single person households and 1.3% were group households.

In Agnes Banks, 15.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 16.0% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Agnes Banks, 19.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 42.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Agnes Banks, there were 33 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 11 (or 33.3%) were male and 22 (or 66.7%) were female. The median age was 20 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Agnes Banks, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.8, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,250.

In Agnes Banks, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $430 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $3,117.