Ballarat East

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,309 people in Ballarat East of these 47.0% were male and 53.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Ballarat East was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.9% of the population.

Of people in Ballarat East aged 15 years and over, 36.6% were married and 14.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Ballarat East was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Ballarat East, of people aged 15 years and over, 37.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Ballarat East was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Ballarat East 30.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 21.4% were in primary school, 17.4% in secondary school and 26.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Ballarat East were English 30.5%, Australian 28.7%, Irish 11.3%, Scottish 8.4% and German 3.0%.

In Ballarat East, 85.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.3%, New Zealand 0.7%, Netherlands 0.7%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 0.5% and India 0.5%.

In Ballarat East, 78.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Ballarat East were No Religion 30.2%, Catholic 26.7%, Anglican 12.7%, Uniting Church 8.1% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.0%.

In Ballarat East 89.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 0.4%, Mandarin 0.4%, Arabic 0.3%, Cantonese 0.3% and German 0.2%.

Employment

There were 2,426 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Ballarat East. Of these 52.3% were employed full time, 33.1% were employed part-time and 7.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Ballarat East, 13.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 37.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Ballarat East was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Ballarat East included Professionals 20.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.5%, Labourers 11.7%, Sales Workers 10.3%, Managers 8.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.4%.

Of the employed people in Ballarat East, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 5.8%, School Education 5.5%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.0%, Tertiary Education 2.9% and Other Social Assistance Services 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Ballarat East was $462.

In Ballarat East, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.5%, Car, as passenger 6.0%, Walked only 3.9%, Train 1.2% and Bicycle 1.0%. On the day, 3.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Ballarat East, of people aged 15 years and over, 67.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.8% provided care for children and 11.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.6% 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 Ballarat East, 25.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Ballarat East, 32.1% were couple families with children, 40.4% were couple families without children and 24.3% were one parent families.

In Ballarat East 11.9% of single parents were male and 88.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Ballarat East, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,847 and those without children was $1,763.

Employment status of couple families

In Ballarat East, of couple families with children, 17.0% had both partners employed full-time, 4.3% had both employed part-time and 20.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Ballarat East, 89.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ballarat East, 89.0% were separate houses, 7.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

In Ballarat East, of occupied private dwellings 2.5% had 1 bedroom, 25.9% had 2 bedrooms and 54.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ballarat East, 29.8% were owned outright, 30.2% were owned with a mortgage and 34.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Ballarat East, of all households, 58.2% were family households, 34.2% were single person households and 7.6% were group households.

In Ballarat East, 34.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.1% 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 Ballarat East, 42.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 30.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 12.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Ballarat East, there were 53 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 23 (or 43.4%) were male and 30 (or 56.6%) were female. The median age was 26 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 Ballarat East, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.1, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $971.

In Ballarat East, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $182 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,083.