Balmain East

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,866 people in Balmain East of these 47.9% were male and 52.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Balmain East was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.4% of the population.

Of people in Balmain East aged 15 years and over, 44.2% were married and 14.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Balmain East was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 33 years.

In Balmain East, of people aged 15 years and over, 43.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 15.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Balmain East was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 44 years.

In Balmain East 25.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.3% were in primary school, 16.2% in secondary school and 25.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Balmain East were English 28.7%, Australian 22.2%, Irish 12.5%, Scottish 7.9% and German 3.0%.

In Balmain East, 65.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 9.6%, New Zealand 2.8%, United States of America 1.6%, Ireland 1.2% and Germany 1.1%.

In Balmain East, 46.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 35.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Balmain East were No Religion 35.2%, Catholic 26.8%, Anglican 17.0%, Uniting Church 2.5% and Eastern Orthodox 1.9%.

In Balmain East 84.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 1.1%, Italian 0.9%, German 0.9%, French 0.9% and Spanish 0.9%.

Employment

There were 1,098 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Balmain East. Of these 67.3% were employed full time, 23.9% were employed part-time and 3.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Balmain East, 8.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 59.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Balmain East was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Balmain East included Professionals 44.2%, Managers 22.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.5%, Sales Workers 7.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 4.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 4.5%, Labourers 1.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.2%.

Of the employed people in Balmain East, the most common responses for industry of employment included Legal and Accounting Services 5.5%, Auxiliary Finance and Investment Services 4.9%, School Education 4.2%, Depository Financial Intermediation 4.0% and Tertiary Education 3.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Balmain East was $1,221.

In Balmain East, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 35.6%, Ferry 17.9%, Bus 8.8%, Car, as passenger 3.2% and Walked only 3.2%. On the day, 34.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 38.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Balmain East, of people aged 15 years and over, 80.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.3% provided care for children and 11.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.2% 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 East, 30.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 6.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Balmain East, 37.5% were couple families with children, 51.1% were couple families without children and 9.2% were one parent families.

In Balmain East 20.4% of single parents were male and 79.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Balmain East, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,562 and those without children was $3,216.

Employment status of couple families

In Balmain East, of couple families with children, 27.5% had both partners employed full-time, 2.5% had both employed part-time and 22.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Balmain East, 89.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Balmain East, 24.5% were separate houses, 33.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 40.9% were flats, units or apartments and 1.0% were other dwellings.

In Balmain East, of occupied private dwellings 15.4% had 1 bedroom, 37.0% had 2 bedrooms and 28.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.4. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Balmain East, 31.9% were owned outright, 24.2% were owned with a mortgage and 42.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Balmain East, of all households, 60.7% were family households, 34.2% were single person households and 5.1% were group households.

In Balmain East, 15.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 29.7% 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 East, 49.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 27.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 5.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Balmain East, there were 12 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 41.7%) were male and 7 (or 58.3%) were female. The median age was 44 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 East, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1.4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,700.

In Balmain East, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $73 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.