Ballina (A)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 37,017 people were counted in Ballina (A): of these 48.5% were male and 51.5% were female. Of the total population 2.5% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Ballina (A) there were 7,420 children aged 0-14 years and 10,996 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Ballina (A), 34,658 people were Australian citizens, 3,408 were born overseas and 201 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Ballina (A), 53.3% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 12.5% were separated or divorced, 8.4% were widowed and 25.8% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Ballina (A), 86.2% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Ballina (A) were England 3.3%, New Zealand 1.4%, Scotland 0.5%, Netherlands 0.4% and Germany 0.3%.

Of all people counted in Ballina (A) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 28.4%, Catholic 25.1%, No Religion 13.4%, Uniting Church 7.4% and Presbyterian & Reformed 6.4%.

On Census Night 2001 in Ballina (A), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 0.3%, German 0.3%, Netherlandic 0.2%, Cantonese 0.2% and French 0.1%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 94.2% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 15,756 people aged 15 years and over in Ballina (A) were in the labour force. Of these 51.7% worked full-time, 35.7% worked part-time, 2.5% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 10.1% were unemployed. 12,791 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Ballina (A), the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 8.4%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 7.5%, Associate Professionals 6.2%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 5.8%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.1%, Managers and Administrators 4.8%, Labourers and Related Workers 4.4%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 3.1% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.7%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Ballina (A), the most common responses for industry of employment included Education 4.7%, Health Services 3.9%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.6%, Food Retailing 3.3% and Business Services 3.3%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Ballina (A), 10,215 families were counted: of these, 43.1% were couple families without children, 38.9% were couple families with children, 16.9% were one parent families and 1.1% were other families.

Dwelling structure

Dwellings include visitor only and other not-classifiable households unless otherwise stated

On Census Night 2001 in Ballina (A), 14,941 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Ballina (A), 67.2% were separate houses, 16.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 10.3% were flats, units or apartments and 5.8% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Ballina (A), 44.8% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 19.8% were being purchased and 28.4% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Ballina (A), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 50.5% were rented from a real estate agent, 13.0% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 35.3% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Ballina (A), 67.7% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 25.3% were single (or lone) person households and 2.9% were group households.