Ball Bay

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 628 people in Ball Bay of these 53.0% were male and 47.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Ball Bay was 48 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.6% of the population.

Of people in Ball Bay aged 15 years and over, 57.7% were married and 14.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Ball Bay was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Ball Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Ball Bay was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In Ball Bay 23.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 36.8% were in primary school, 17.4% in secondary school and 2.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Ball Bay were Australian 31.5%, English 29.1%, Irish 9.3%, Scottish 7.4% and German 3.5%.

In Ball Bay, 79.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.2%, New Zealand 2.1%, Scotland 1.3%, Algeria 0.8% and Ireland 0.8%.

In Ball Bay, 73.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Ball Bay were Catholic 26.6%, Anglican 20.5%, No Religion 17.5%, Uniting Church 9.7% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.3%.

In Ball Bay 90.0% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Afrikaans 0.6% and Swahili 0.6%.

Employment

There were 265 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Ball Bay. Of these 60.8% were employed full time, 26.0% were employed part-time and 5.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Ball Bay, 9.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 53.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Ball Bay was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 50 years.

The most common occupations in Ball Bay included Technicians and Trades Workers 19.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 16.3%, Labourers 16.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.7%, Professionals 8.7%, Managers 8.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.5% and Sales Workers 6.3%.

Of the employed people in Ball Bay, the most common responses for industry of employment included Coal Mining 15.0%, Road Freight Transport 4.3%, Pharmaceutical and Other Store-Based Retailing 4.0%, Accommodation 4.0% and Real Estate Services 3.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Ball Bay was $474.

In Ball Bay, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 62.2%, Car, as passenger 7.9%, Bus 2.8%, Walked only 1.6% and Motorbike/scooter 1.2%. On the day, 2.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Ball Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.1% provided care for children and 10.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.4% 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 Ball Bay, 21.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 17.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Ball Bay, 33.0% were couple families with children, 56.8% were couple families without children and 8.6% were one parent families.

In Ball Bay 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Ball Bay, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,250 and those without children was $2,083.

Employment status of couple families

In Ball Bay, of couple families with children, 15.2% had both partners employed full-time, 2.4% had both employed part-time and 13.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Ball Bay, 64.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 36.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ball Bay, 94.4% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 5.6% were other dwellings.

In Ball Bay, of occupied private dwellings 8.6% had 1 bedroom, 23.6% had 2 bedrooms and 45.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ball Bay, 43.3% were owned outright, 33.5% were owned with a mortgage and 18.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Ball Bay, of all households, 78.4% were family households, 21.6% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Ball Bay, 25.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 9.4% 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 Ball Bay, 32.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 22.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Ball Bay, there were 26 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 8 (or 30.8%) were male and 18 (or 69.2%) were female. The median age was 23 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 Ball Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.5, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,750.

In Ball Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $350 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,700.