Statistics

Highlights

Number of bank employees in Australia^f	132,000
Number of bank customers^k	18 million
Number of bank shareholders^a,k	2.3 million
Dividends paid by banks to shareholders^f	$26 billion
Tax paid by banks^f	$13.9 billion
Number of banks^d	86
Major Bank Levy^e	$1.5 billion
Bank branches^d	5,200
Bank ATMs^d	11,549
Number of small business loans with banks^a,j	1.12 million
Average interest rate for small business^j	5.30%

Australian banking by numbers

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a ABA
b ABS
c Australian Payments Network APN d APRA
e Australian Treasury
f Bank annual reports, 8 listed banks

g CCMC h DBM
i Galaxy j RBA
k Roy Morgan
l Thomson-Reuters
m Workplace Gender Equality Agency