Balliang

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 243 people in Balliang of these 49.8% were male and 50.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Balliang was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.8% of the population.

Of people in Balliang aged 15 years and over, 50.8% were married and 13.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Balliang was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Balliang, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Balliang was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 47 years.

In Balliang 34.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.4% were in primary school, 20.7% in secondary school and 20.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Balliang were English 32.8%, Australian 29.5%, Irish 8.6%, Scottish 6.6% and German 5.0%.

In Balliang, 81.3% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 3.7%, Malta 2.5%, Netherlands 1.7% and Ireland 1.2%.

In Balliang, 75.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Balliang were No Religion 26.4%, Catholic 24.4%, Anglican 20.7%, Uniting Church 7.4% and Baptist 2.9%.

In Balliang 90.0% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Maltese 2.1%.

Employment

There were 120 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Balliang. Of these 62.5% were employed full time, 32.5% were employed part-time and 2.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Balliang, 11.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Balliang was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Balliang were Technicians and Trades Workers 20.2%, Managers 19.3%, Professionals 15.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.0%, Labourers 10.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.6% and Community and Personal Service Workers 7.9%.

Of the employed people in Balliang, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 8.6%, Public Order and Safety Services 5.2%, School Education 3.4%, Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 2.6% and Fertiliser and Pesticide Manufacturing 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Balliang was $469.

In Balliang, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.5%, Car, as passenger 6.1%, Train, car as driver 2.6%, Car as driver, car as passenger 2.6% and Walked only 2.6%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Balliang, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.8% provided care for children and 12.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.1% 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 Balliang, 26.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Balliang, 47.1% were couple families with children, 33.8% were couple families without children and 19.1% were one parent families.

In Balliang 35.3% of single parents were male and 64.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Balliang, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,312 and those without children was $1,125.

Employment status of couple families

In Balliang, of couple families with children, 18.2% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 40.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Balliang, 92.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Balliang, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Balliang, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 5.0% had 2 bedrooms and 52.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Balliang, 43.9% were owned outright, 37.8% were owned with a mortgage and 18.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Balliang, of all households, 74.1% were family households, 19.8% were single person households and 6.2% were group households.

In Balliang, 35.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.0% 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 Balliang, 21.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 26.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 52.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Balliang, there were 4 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 4 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 0 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 Balliang, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

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