Balmain

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 9,783 people in Balmain of these 47.9% were male and 52.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Balmain was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.1% of the population.

Of people in Balmain aged 15 years and over, 40.8% were married and 13.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Balmain was 45 years and the median age of people never married was 33 years.

In Balmain, of people aged 15 years and over, 41.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 16.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Balmain was 44 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Balmain 25.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.1% were in primary school, 12.3% in secondary school and 26.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Balmain were English 28.6%, Australian 20.6%, Irish 12.1%, Scottish 8.4% and Italian 2.7%.

In Balmain, 63.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 9.6%, New Zealand 3.6%, Ireland 1.6%, United States of America 1.2% and Scotland 1.1%.

In Balmain, 44.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 40.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Balmain were No Religion 34.6%, Catholic 24.0%, Anglican 16.5%, Uniting Church 2.3% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.2%.

In Balmain 82.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 1.2%, Greek 1.0%, German 0.8%, French 0.7% and Arabic 0.6%.

Employment

There were 5,875 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Balmain. Of these 69.3% were employed full time, 21.5% were employed part-time and 4.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Balmain, 7.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 60.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Balmain was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Balmain included Professionals 43.0%, Managers 22.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.0%, Sales Workers 6.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 5.7%, Labourers 2.1% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.2%.

Of the employed people in Balmain, the most common responses for industry of employment included Legal and Accounting Services 5.3%, Auxiliary Finance and Investment Services 4.4%, Depository Financial Intermediation 4.3%, Computer System Design and Related Services 3.7% and Tertiary Education 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Balmain was $1,208.

In Balmain, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 38.7%, Bus 19.4%, Walked only 6.5%, Ferry 4.9% and Car, as passenger 3.0%. On the day, 31.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 42.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Balmain, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.2% provided care for children and 8.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.7% 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 Balmain, 31.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 5.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Balmain, 38.8% were couple families with children, 46.9% were couple families without children and 12.2% were one parent families.

In Balmain 16.2% of single parents were male and 83.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Balmain, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,603 and those without children was $3,440.

Employment status of couple families

In Balmain, of couple families with children, 36.7% had both partners employed full-time, 3.0% had both employed part-time and 19.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Balmain, 91.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Balmain, 29.0% were separate houses, 36.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 32.6% were flats, units or apartments and 1.7% were other dwellings.

In Balmain, of occupied private dwellings 13.5% had 1 bedroom, 40.1% had 2 bedrooms and 30.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.4. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Balmain, 24.3% were owned outright, 29.9% were owned with a mortgage and 43.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Balmain, of all households, 59.8% were family households, 33.3% were single person households and 7.0% were group households.

In Balmain, 15.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 30.1% 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 Balmain, 53.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 23.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 4.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Balmain, there were 97 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 39 (or 40.2%) were male and 58 (or 59.8%) were female. The median age was 37 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 Balmain, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.3, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $650.

In Balmain, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $140 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,300.