Banksia Grove

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,718 people in Banksia Grove of these 48.9% were male and 51.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Banksia Grove was 26 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 29.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 2.4% of the population.

Of people in Banksia Grove aged 15 years and over, 42.7% were married and 10.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Banksia Grove was 38 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Banksia Grove, of people aged 15 years and over, 42.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 19.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Banksia Grove was 38 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 28 years.

In Banksia Grove 33.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.8% were in primary school, 17.4% in secondary school and 16.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Banksia Grove were English 31.4%, Australian 23.6%, Scottish 5.9%, Irish 5.2% and Maori 2.3%.

In Banksia Grove, 57.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 12.5%, New Zealand 5.3%, South Africa 2.4%, Scotland 1.8% and Sudan 1.5%.

In Banksia Grove, 34.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 49.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Banksia Grove were No Religion 29.9%, Catholic 21.6%, Anglican 17.8%, Christian, nfd 3.4% and Uniting Church 2.3%.

In Banksia Grove 80.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Arabic 1.5%, Afrikaans 1.2%, Mandarin 0.9%, Dinka 0.8% and Punjabi 0.7%.

Employment

There were 2,421 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Banksia Grove. Of these 63.7% were employed full time, 23.5% were employed part-time and 6.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Banksia Grove, 8.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Banksia Grove was 32 years and for people who were employed part-time was 33 years.

The most common occupations in Banksia Grove included Technicians and Trades Workers 21.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.0%, Professionals 13.1%, Labourers 11.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.8%, Sales Workers 9.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.6% and Managers 7.4%.

Of the employed people in Banksia Grove, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.3%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.5%, School Education 3.4%, Hospitals 2.5% and Residential Care Services 2.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Banksia Grove was $752.

In Banksia Grove, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.3%, Car, as passenger 6.9%, Train 2.6%, Bus 2.2% and Train, car as driver 2.1%. On the day, 9.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Banksia Grove, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 38.7% provided care for children and 7.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 9.6% 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 Banksia Grove, 26.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Banksia Grove, 49.5% were couple families with children, 27.8% were couple families without children and 21.3% were one parent families.

In Banksia Grove 13.2% of single parents were male and 86.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Banksia Grove, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,010 and those without children was $2,143.

Employment status of couple families

In Banksia Grove, of couple families with children, 26.9% had both partners employed full-time, 2.3% had both employed part-time and 22.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Banksia Grove, 91.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Banksia Grove, 96.7% were separate houses, 1.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Banksia Grove, of occupied private dwellings 0.2% had 1 bedroom, 4.0% had 2 bedrooms and 28.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.7. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Banksia Grove, 5.1% were owned outright, 71.0% were owned with a mortgage and 22.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Banksia Grove, of all households, 82.5% were family households, 14.5% were single person households and 3.0% were group households.

In Banksia Grove, 14.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.6% 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 Banksia Grove, 31.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 46.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Banksia Grove, there were 141 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 68 (or 48.2%) were male and 73 (or 51.8%) were female. The median age was 16 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 Banksia Grove, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.7, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $536.

In Banksia Grove, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $183 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,500.