Balranald

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,627 people in Balranald of these 51.4% were male and 48.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 7.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Balranald was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.1% of the population.

Of people in Balranald aged 15 years and over, 51.1% were married and 11.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Balranald was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Balranald, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Balranald was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Balranald 30.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.4% were in primary school, 18.6% in secondary school and 10.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Balranald were Australian 34.0%, English 26.6%, Irish 10.3%, Scottish 7.6% and Italian 4.3%.

In Balranald, 86.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 0.8%, Italy 0.7%, New Zealand 0.7%, United States of America 0.4% and Sudan 0.2%.

In Balranald, 86.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 6.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Balranald were Catholic 37.1%, Anglican 20.0%, No Religion 13.1%, Presbyterian and Reformed 10.3% and Christian, nfd 3.4%.

In Balranald 88.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 1.2%, Arabic 0.6%, French 0.2%, Maltese 0.2% and Russian 0.2%.

Employment

There were 771 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Balranald. Of these 62.1% were employed full time, 26.2% were employed part-time and 3.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Balranald, 8.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Balranald was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Balranald included Managers 29.7%, Labourers 17.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.5%, Professionals 8.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.5% and Sales Workers 4.3%.

Of the employed people in Balranald, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 24.5%, School Education 4.9%, Local Government Administration 4.6%, Road Freight Transport 3.9% and Hospitals 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Balranald was $455.

In Balranald, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 49.7%, Walked only 10.0%, Car, as passenger 6.5%, Other 2.0% and Bicycle 1.8%. On the day, 0.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 57.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Balranald, of people aged 15 years and over, 62.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.0% provided care for children and 10.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 32.6% 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 Balranald, 21.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Balranald, 41.0% were couple families with children, 44.8% were couple families without children and 13.6% were one parent families.

In Balranald 16.7% of single parents were male and 83.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Balranald, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,750 and those without children was $1,166.

Employment status of couple families

In Balranald, of couple families with children, 22.4% had both partners employed full-time, 2.8% had both employed part-time and 27.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Balranald, 84.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 15.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Balranald, 92.0% were separate houses, 2.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.7% were flats, units or apartments and 1.7% were other dwellings.

In Balranald, of occupied private dwellings 3.3% had 1 bedroom, 16.1% had 2 bedrooms and 46.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Balranald, 41.0% were owned outright, 24.7% were owned with a mortgage and 30.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Balranald, of all households, 69.8% were family households, 28.5% were single person households and 1.7% were group households.

In Balranald, 32.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.0% 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 Balranald, 28.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 20.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Balranald, there were 116 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 53 (or 45.7%) were male and 63 (or 54.3%) were female. The median age was 27 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 Balranald, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.8, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $844.

In Balranald, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $110 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.