Baulkham Hills

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 72,496 people in Baulkham Hills of these 49.0% were male and 51.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Baulkham Hills was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.1% of the population.

Of people in Baulkham Hills aged 15 years and over, 59.9% were married and 7.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Baulkham Hills was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Baulkham Hills, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 4.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Baulkham Hills was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Baulkham Hills 30.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.9% were in primary school, 24.5% in secondary school and 22.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Baulkham Hills were Australian 23.0%, English 21.7%, Chinese 7.1%, Irish 7.1% and Scottish 5.6%.

In Baulkham Hills, 65.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 3.3%, England 3.2%, India 3.0%, Korea, Republic of (South) 1.6% and New Zealand 1.5%.

In Baulkham Hills, 42.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 44.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Baulkham Hills were Catholic 31.1%, Anglican 18.6%, No Religion 15.3%, Uniting Church 4.5% and Hinduism 3.8%.

In Baulkham Hills 69.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 3.6%, Cantonese 3.4%, Arabic 2.1%, Korean 2.1% and Hindi 1.6%.

Employment

There were 38,316 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Baulkham Hills. Of these 62.8% were employed full time, 27.8% were employed part-time and 4.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Baulkham Hills, 10.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.8% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Baulkham Hills included Professionals 28.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 18.1%, Managers 15.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.5%, Sales Workers 9.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.8%, Labourers 4.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.4%.

Of the employed people in Baulkham Hills, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.8%, Hospitals 3.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.2%, Computer System Design and Related Services 2.8% and Depository Financial Intermediation 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Baulkham Hills was $697.

In Baulkham Hills, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.0%, Bus 8.6%, Car, as passenger 4.1%, Walked only 1.4% and Train 1.3%. On the day, 14.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 67.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Baulkham Hills, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.9% provided care for children and 11.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.5% 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 Baulkham Hills, 27.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Baulkham Hills, 54.8% were couple families with children, 32.8% were couple families without children and 11.3% were one parent families.

In Baulkham Hills 17.5% of single parents were male and 82.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Baulkham Hills, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,784 and those without children was $2,437.

Employment status of couple families

In Baulkham Hills, of couple families with children, 24.9% had both partners employed full-time, 3.3% had both employed part-time and 22.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Baulkham Hills, 95.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Baulkham Hills, 80.8% were separate houses, 13.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 5.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Baulkham Hills, of occupied private dwellings 1.5% had 1 bedroom, 8.8% had 2 bedrooms and 41.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Baulkham Hills, 37.1% were owned outright, 44.9% were owned with a mortgage and 15.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Baulkham Hills, of all households, 83.0% were family households, 15.1% were single person households and 1.9% were group households.

In Baulkham Hills, 14.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 21.4% 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 Baulkham Hills, 29.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 45.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 19.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Baulkham Hills, there were 301 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 158 (or 52.5%) were male and 143 (or 47.5%) were female. The median age was 25 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 Baulkham Hills, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.1, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,678.

In Baulkham Hills, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $395 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,167.