Balwyn

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 14,404 people were counted in Balwyn: of these 46.4% were male and 53.6% were female. Of the total population 0.0% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Balwyn there were 2,622 children aged 0-14 years and 3,916 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Balwyn, 12,542 people were Australian citizens, 3,961 were born overseas and 163 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Balwyn, 53.7% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 6.8% were separated or divorced, 8.4% were widowed and 31.1% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Balwyn, 68.1% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Balwyn were China (excl. SARs and Taiwan Province) 3.4%, England 3.4%, Malaysia 2.1%, Hong Kong (SAR of China) 1.8% and New Zealand 1.6%.

Of all people counted in Balwyn on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 24.8%, Anglican 17.6%, No Religion 17.3%, Uniting Church 8.2% and Orthodox 4.1%.

On Census Night 2001 in Balwyn, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Cantonese 4.8%, Mandarin 4.6%, Greek 3.0%, Italian 2.0% and Vietnamese 0.6%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 74.4% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 6,872 people aged 15 years and over in Balwyn were in the labour force. Of these 58.9% worked full-time, 34.1% worked part-time, 3.0% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 4.0% were unemployed. 4,462 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Balwyn, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 18.5%, Managers and Administrators 8.1%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 7.7%, Associate Professionals 7.4%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.7%, Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.6%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 2.5%, Labourers and Related Workers 1.7% and Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 1.5%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Balwyn, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 9.2%, Health Services 6.1%, Education 5.4%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.7% and Food Retailing 2.9%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Balwyn, 3,834 families were counted: of these, 31.5% were couple families without children, 52.6% were couple families with children, 12.9% were one parent families and 3.0% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Balwyn, 5,557 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Balwyn, 67.4% were separate houses, 21.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 9.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.8% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Balwyn, 55.4% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 19.5% were being purchased and 19.0% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Balwyn, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 62.7% were rented from a real estate agent, 1.8% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 35.1% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Balwyn, 68.4% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 25.3% were single (or lone) person households and 2.8% were group households.