Golden Point (Ballarat - Vic.)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,187 people in Golden Point (Ballarat - Vic.) of these 47.6% were male and 52.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Golden Point (Ballarat - Vic.) was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.9% of the population.

Of people in Golden Point (Ballarat - Vic.) aged 15 years and over, 37.1% were married and 13.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Golden Point (Ballarat - Vic.) was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Golden Point (Ballarat - Vic.), of people aged 15 years and over, 38.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Golden Point (Ballarat - Vic.) was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Golden Point (Ballarat - Vic.) 31.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 19.7% were in primary school, 14.2% in secondary school and 35.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Golden Point (Ballarat - Vic.) were Australian 29.7%, English 28.2%, Irish 10.9%, Scottish 8.5% and German 3.1%.

In Golden Point (Ballarat - Vic.), 82.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.2%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.9%, India 1.1%, New Zealand 0.9% and United States of America 0.5%.

In Golden Point (Ballarat - Vic.), 75.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Golden Point (Ballarat - Vic.) were No Religion 33.7%, Catholic 23.6%, Anglican 11.8%, Uniting Church 6.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.0%.

In Golden Point (Ballarat - Vic.) 89.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 1.0%, Punjabi 0.5%, Italian 0.3%, Nuer 0.3% and Gaelic (Scotland) 0.2%.

Employment

There were 1,095 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Golden Point (Ballarat - Vic.). Of these 53.4% were employed full time, 34.8% were employed part-time and 6.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Golden Point (Ballarat - Vic.), 15.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 37.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Golden Point (Ballarat - Vic.) was 37 years and for people who were employed part-time was 34 years.

The most common occupations in Golden Point (Ballarat - Vic.) included Professionals 23.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 13.1%, Labourers 10.5%, Sales Workers 10.4%, Managers 9.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.3%.

Of the employed people in Golden Point (Ballarat - Vic.), the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 6.5%, Hospitals 6.0%, School Education 5.1%, Tertiary Education 2.9% and Central Government Administration 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Golden Point (Ballarat - Vic.) was $460.

In Golden Point (Ballarat - Vic.), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 59.6%, Walked only 7.5%, Car, as passenger 5.8%, Train 1.8% and Bus 1.8%. On the day, 5.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 65.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Golden Point (Ballarat - Vic.), of people aged 15 years and over, 71.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.5% provided care for children and 11.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.8% 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 Golden Point (Ballarat - Vic.), 27.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Golden Point (Ballarat - Vic.), 32.6% were couple families with children, 43.7% were couple families without children and 22.4% were one parent families.

In Golden Point (Ballarat - Vic.) 14.6% of single parents were male and 85.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Golden Point (Ballarat - Vic.), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,946 and those without children was $1,884.

Employment status of couple families

In Golden Point (Ballarat - Vic.), of couple families with children, 17.2% had both partners employed full-time, 3.3% had both employed part-time and 22.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Golden Point (Ballarat - Vic.), 88.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Golden Point (Ballarat - Vic.), 92.1% were separate houses, 5.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.6% were other dwellings.

In Golden Point (Ballarat - Vic.), of occupied private dwellings 3.1% had 1 bedroom, 27.9% had 2 bedrooms and 52.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Golden Point (Ballarat - Vic.), 28.7% were owned outright, 31.3% were owned with a mortgage and 36.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Golden Point (Ballarat - Vic.), of all households, 61.6% were family households, 30.0% were single person households and 8.4% were group households.

In Golden Point (Ballarat - Vic.), 32.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.2% 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 Golden Point (Ballarat - Vic.), 40.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 12.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Golden Point (Ballarat - Vic.), there were 49 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 19 (or 38.8%) were male and 30 (or 61.2%) were female. The median age was 14 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 Golden Point (Ballarat - Vic.), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $840.

In Golden Point (Ballarat - Vic.), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $225 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.