Banora Point

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 15,047 people in Banora Point of these 46.7% were male and 53.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Banora Point was 47 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 27.6% of the population.

Of people in Banora Point aged 15 years and over, 51.7% were married and 13.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Banora Point was 59 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Banora Point, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Banora Point was 59 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Banora Point 26.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.8% were in primary school, 26.2% in secondary school and 16.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Banora Point were English 33.1%, Australian 31.4%, Irish 9.7%, Scottish 7.7% and German 3.0%.

In Banora Point, 80.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.6%, New Zealand 3.0%, Scotland 0.7%, Germany 0.5% and Philippines 0.4%.

In Banora Point, 68.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 19.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Banora Point were Anglican 28.7%, Catholic 27.3%, No Religion 17.3%, Uniting Church 5.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 5.1%.

In Banora Point 93.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 0.3%, German 0.3%, Japanese 0.3%, French 0.2% and Cantonese 0.2%.

Employment

There were 6,314 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Banora Point. Of these 49.3% were employed full time, 37.4% were employed part-time and 7.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Banora Point, 15.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 35.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Banora Point was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Banora Point included Technicians and Trades Workers 15.1%, Sales Workers 14.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 14.1%, Professionals 13.7%, Labourers 11.7%, Managers 9.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.6%.

Of the employed people in Banora Point, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 6.1%, School Education 4.7%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.3%, Residential Care Services 4.3% and Hospitals 3.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Banora Point was $439.

In Banora Point, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 69.8%, Car, as passenger 6.3%, Truck 1.3%, Walked only 1.3% and Bus 0.8%. On the day, 1.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 76.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Banora Point, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.2% provided care for children and 12.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 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 Banora Point, 24.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Banora Point, 34.1% were couple families with children, 47.2% were couple families without children and 17.7% were one parent families.

In Banora Point 14.6% of single parents were male and 85.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Banora Point, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,953 and those without children was $1,565.

Employment status of couple families

In Banora Point, of couple families with children, 13.5% had both partners employed full-time, 4.1% had both employed part-time and 18.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Banora Point, 92.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Banora Point, 69.1% were separate houses, 26.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

In Banora Point, of occupied private dwellings 2.8% had 1 bedroom, 13.2% had 2 bedrooms and 51.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Banora Point, 42.9% were owned outright, 31.5% were owned with a mortgage and 20.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Banora Point, of all households, 72.0% were family households, 25.2% were single person households and 2.8% were group households.

In Banora Point, 31.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.6% 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 Banora Point, 43.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 12.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Banora Point, there were 584 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 278 (or 47.6%) were male and 306 (or 52.4%) were female. The median age was 19 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 Banora Point, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.4, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,300.

In Banora Point, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $290 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,842.