Banksia Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,238 people in Banksia Park of these 50.3% were male and 49.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Banksia Park was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.2% of the population.

Of people in Banksia Park aged 15 years and over, 57.3% were married and 9.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Banksia Park was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Banksia Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Banksia Park was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Banksia Park 24.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 36.5% were in primary school, 21.7% in secondary school and 22.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Banksia Park were English 36.9%, Australian 26.4%, German 6.9%, Scottish 6.7% and Irish 6.2%.

In Banksia Park, 76.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 12.1%, Germany 1.5%, Scotland 1.2%, Netherlands 0.8% and Italy 0.7%.

In Banksia Park, 56.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 29.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Banksia Park were No Religion 30.4%, Catholic 17.7%, Anglican 16.2%, Uniting Church 12.1% and Lutheran 3.7%.

In Banksia Park 93.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.8%, Italian 0.7%, Dutch 0.6%, Greek 0.4% and Russian 0.3%.

Employment

There were 1,741 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Banksia Park. Of these 59.3% were employed full time, 30.4% were employed part-time and 4.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Banksia Park, 12.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 38.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Banksia Park was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Banksia Park included Technicians and Trades Workers 19.6%, Professionals 19.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.5%, Managers 10.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.9%, Sales Workers 9.8%, Labourers 7.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.2%.

Of the employed people in Banksia Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.2%, Hospitals 3.9%, State Government Administration 3.6%, Building Installation Services 3.0% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Banksia Park was $602.

In Banksia Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.5%, Bus 8.0%, Car, as passenger 4.3%, Bus, car as driver 1.5% and Other 1.0%. On the day, 10.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Banksia Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 79.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.1% provided care for children and 11.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.4% 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 Park, 30.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Banksia Park, 42.6% were couple families with children, 44.4% were couple families without children and 12.4% were one parent families.

In Banksia Park 27.0% of single parents were male and 73.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Banksia Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,096 and those without children was $2,042.

Employment status of couple families

In Banksia Park, of couple families with children, 19.1% had both partners employed full-time, 3.8% had both employed part-time and 24.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Banksia Park, 94.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Banksia Park, 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 Banksia Park, of occupied private dwellings 0.6% had 1 bedroom, 3.2% had 2 bedrooms and 66.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Banksia Park, 41.7% were owned outright, 47.5% were owned with a mortgage and 8.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Banksia Park, of all households, 80.0% were family households, 17.6% were single person households and 2.4% were group households.

In Banksia Park, 16.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.9% 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 Park, 29.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 45.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 20.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Banksia Park, there were 25 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 9 (or 36.0%) were male and 16 (or 64.0%) were female. The median age was 27 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 Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,250.

In Banksia Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,300.