Blair Athol (NSW)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,711 people in Blair Athol (NSW) of these 50.5% were male and 49.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Blair Athol (NSW) was 32 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 4.5% of the population.

Of people in Blair Athol (NSW) aged 15 years and over, 56.3% were married and 7.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Blair Athol (NSW) was 46 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Blair Athol (NSW), of people aged 15 years and over, 56.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Blair Athol (NSW) was 45 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In Blair Athol (NSW) 34.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.6% were in primary school, 21.8% in secondary school and 22.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Blair Athol (NSW) were Australian 15.2%, English 13.2%, Filipino 12.0%, Indian 7.6% and Lao 4.7%.

In Blair Athol (NSW), 51.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Philippines 10.2%, India 4.3%, Fiji 4.1%, Laos 3.2% and New Zealand 2.2%.

In Blair Athol (NSW), 25.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 66.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Blair Athol (NSW) were Catholic 35.3%, Anglican 11.3%, No Religion 8.0%, Buddhism 7.9% and Islam 7.3%.

In Blair Athol (NSW) 53.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Hindi 6.6%, Tagalog 6.6%, Lao 3.8%, Filipino 2.7% and Spanish 2.4%.

Employment

There were 1,526 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Blair Athol (NSW). Of these 67.9% were employed full time, 20.5% were employed part-time and 6.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Blair Athol (NSW), 7.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Blair Athol (NSW) was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 35 years.

The most common occupations in Blair Athol (NSW) included Professionals 20.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 18.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.7%, Labourers 10.1%, Managers 9.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.6% and Sales Workers 8.3%.

Of the employed people in Blair Athol (NSW), the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 5.1%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.0%, School Education 3.1%, Depository Financial Intermediation 2.8% and Road Freight Transport 2.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Blair Athol (NSW) was $741.

In Blair Athol (NSW), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 57.8%, Train 13.5%, Car, as passenger 5.5%, Train, car as driver 2.8% and Train, bus 1.5%. On the day, 20.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 64.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Blair Athol (NSW), of people aged 15 years and over, 66.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.8% provided care for children and 10.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 11.1% 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 Blair Athol (NSW), 26.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Blair Athol (NSW), 64.1% were couple families with children, 20.9% were couple families without children and 14.4% were one parent families.

In Blair Athol (NSW) 13.2% of single parents were male and 86.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Blair Athol (NSW), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,527 and those without children was $2,229.

Employment status of couple families

In Blair Athol (NSW), of couple families with children, 37.3% had both partners employed full-time, 2.9% had both employed part-time and 17.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Blair Athol (NSW), 96.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 3.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Blair Athol (NSW), 98.5% were separate houses, 1.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Blair Athol (NSW), of occupied private dwellings 0.4% had 1 bedroom, 0.4% had 2 bedrooms and 23.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.9. The average household size was 3.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Blair Athol (NSW), 14.3% were owned outright, 68.2% were owned with a mortgage and 16.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Blair Athol (NSW), of all households, 91.1% were family households, 7.5% were single person households and 1.3% were group households.

In Blair Athol (NSW), 8.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 20.2% 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 Blair Athol (NSW), 23.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 46.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 25.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Blair Athol (NSW), there were 16 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 25.0%) were male and 12 (or 75.0%) were female. The median age was 30 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 Blair Athol (NSW), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,125.

In Blair Athol (NSW), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $365 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.