Ballarat North

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,923 people in Ballarat North of these 46.2% were male and 53.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Ballarat North was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 20.9% of the population.

Of people in Ballarat North aged 15 years and over, 45.7% were married and 11.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Ballarat North was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Ballarat North, of people aged 15 years and over, 46.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.5% were in a de facto marriage.

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

In Ballarat North 28.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.1% were in primary school, 23.3% in secondary school and 21.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Ballarat North were English 32.2%, Australian 29.0%, Irish 13.4%, Scottish 8.4% and German 2.8%.

In Ballarat North, 89.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.8%, Netherlands 0.6%, New Zealand 0.4%, Scotland 0.4% and United States of America 0.3%.

In Ballarat North, 81.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 8.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Ballarat North were Catholic 32.5%, No Religion 21.3%, Anglican 15.0%, Uniting Church 10.5% and Presbyterian and Reformed 5.1%.

In Ballarat North 94.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 0.5%, Croatian 0.4%, Sinhalese 0.3%, Cantonese 0.3% and Filipino 0.2%.

Employment

There were 1,842 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Ballarat North. Of these 56.5% were employed full time, 33.1% were employed part-time and 4.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Ballarat North, 14.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Ballarat North was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Ballarat North included Professionals 23.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.1%, Managers 12.2%, Sales Workers 11.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.1%, Labourers 7.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.2%.

Of the employed people in Ballarat North, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.4%, Hospitals 5.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.5%, Building Installation Services 2.6% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Ballarat North was $509.

In Ballarat North, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 72.2%, Car, as passenger 5.4%, Walked only 1.5%, Bus 1.1% and Train 0.7%. On the day, 3.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 77.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Ballarat North, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.8% provided care for children and 11.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.6% 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 North, 25.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Ballarat North, 40.5% were couple families with children, 40.4% were couple families without children and 17.7% were one parent families.

In Ballarat North 11.7% of single parents were male and 88.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Ballarat North, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,232 and those without children was $1,923.

Employment status of couple families

In Ballarat North, of couple families with children, 18.5% had both partners employed full-time, 3.4% had both employed part-time and 27.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

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

Of occupied private dwellings in Ballarat North, 76.7% were separate houses, 18.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

In Ballarat North, of occupied private dwellings 6.9% had 1 bedroom, 22.1% had 2 bedrooms and 46.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ballarat North, 37.2% were owned outright, 31.3% were owned with a mortgage and 27.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Ballarat North, of all households, 61.5% were family households, 36.0% were single person households and 2.4% were group households.

In Ballarat North, 35.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.0% 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 Ballarat North, 38.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Ballarat North, there were 29 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 13 (or 44.8%) were male and 16 (or 55.2%) 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 North, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.9, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,125.

In Ballarat North, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $150 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $932.