Baulkham Hills (A)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 138,420 people were counted in Baulkham Hills (A): of these 49.5% were male and 50.5% were female. Of the total population 0.3% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Baulkham Hills (A) there were 30,180 children aged 0-14 years and 25,820 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Baulkham Hills (A), 123,420 people were Australian citizens, 38,429 were born overseas and 984 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Baulkham Hills (A), 61.7% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 6.3% were separated or divorced, 3.8% were widowed and 28.2% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Baulkham Hills (A), 68.3% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Baulkham Hills (A) were England 4.3%, Hong Kong (SAR of China) 2.1%, New Zealand 1.7%, China (excl. SARs and Taiwan Province) 1.7% and India 1.3%.

Of all people counted in Baulkham Hills (A) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 32.3%, Anglican 22.7%, No Religion 10.4%, Uniting Church 6.2% and Presbyterian & Reformed 3.4%.

On Census Night 2001 in Baulkham Hills (A), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Cantonese 4.4%, Italian 1.7%, Arabic (incl. Lebanese) 1.6%, Mandarin 1.5% and Korean 1.3%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 76.3% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 76,586 people aged 15 years and over in Baulkham Hills (A) were in the labour force. Of these 64.8% worked full-time, 29.5% worked part-time, 2.5% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 3.2% were unemployed. 29,144 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Baulkham Hills (A), the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 16.5%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 11.4%, Managers and Administrators 9.1%, Associate Professionals 8.8%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 6.4%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.7%, Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 3.9%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 2.8% and Labourers and Related Workers 2.7%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Baulkham Hills (A), the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 8.7%, Education 5.3%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 5.1%, Health Services 4.7% and Food Retailing 3.2%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Baulkham Hills (A), 38,594 families were counted: of these, 28.9% were couple families without children, 61.0% were couple families with children, 9.0% 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 Baulkham Hills (A), 43,990 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Baulkham Hills (A), 88.7% were separate houses, 7.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Baulkham Hills (A), 47.8% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 34.3% were being purchased and 12.5% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Baulkham Hills (A), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 61.8% were rented from a real estate agent, 5.9% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 31.6% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Baulkham Hills (A), 85.8% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 10.3% were single (or lone) person households and 1.7% were group households.