Balwyn North

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 20,317 people in Balwyn North of these 48.9% were male and 51.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Balwyn North was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.9% of the population.

Of people in Balwyn North aged 15 years and over, 57.4% were married and 6.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Balwyn North was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Balwyn North, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 3.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Balwyn North was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In Balwyn North 34.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.9% were in primary school, 29.7% in secondary school and 25.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Balwyn North were English 17.5%, Australian 16.6%, Chinese 15.9%, Italian 7.6% and Irish 7.2%.

In Balwyn North, 62.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 7.2%, Malaysia 3.2%, England 2.3%, Greece 2.3% and Hong Kong (SAR of China) 1.9%.

In Balwyn North, 37.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 51.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Balwyn North were Catholic 25.2%, No Religion 24.4%, Anglican 10.4%, Eastern Orthodox 9.9% and Buddhism 5.4%.

In Balwyn North 61.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 8.5%, Cantonese 6.9%, Greek 6.2%, Italian 3.6% and Vietnamese 1.2%.

Employment

There were 10,016 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Balwyn North. Of these 56.1% were employed full time, 33.5% were employed part-time and 5.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Balwyn North, 14.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Balwyn North was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Balwyn North included Professionals 35.3%, Managers 17.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.0%, Sales Workers 10.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 7.0%, Labourers 3.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.8%.

Of the employed people in Balwyn North, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.3%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.2%, Hospitals 4.8%, Legal and Accounting Services 4.0% and Tertiary Education 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Balwyn North was $629.

In Balwyn North, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 60.9%, Car, as passenger 4.2%, Bus 4.0%, Tram 3.7% and Train 1.8%. On the day, 13.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 65.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Balwyn North, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.1% provided care for children and 13.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.8% 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 Balwyn North, 25.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Balwyn North, 56.7% were couple families with children, 29.3% were couple families without children and 12.6% were one parent families.

In Balwyn North 19.0% of single parents were male and 81.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Balwyn North, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,052 and those without children was $2,478.

Employment status of couple families

In Balwyn North, of couple families with children, 20.2% had both partners employed full-time, 3.8% had both employed part-time and 22.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Balwyn North, 92.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Balwyn North, 86.6% were separate houses, 9.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

In Balwyn North, of occupied private dwellings 0.5% had 1 bedroom, 11.8% had 2 bedrooms and 43.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Balwyn North, 49.6% were owned outright, 31.1% were owned with a mortgage and 16.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Balwyn North, of all households, 79.4% were family households, 18.3% were single person households and 2.3% were group households.

In Balwyn North, 17.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 23.3% 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 Balwyn North, 29.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 45.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 18.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Balwyn North, there were 28 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 14 (or 50.0%) were male and 14 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 21 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 Balwyn North, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,812.

In Balwyn North, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $440 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.