Ballogie

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 432 people in Ballogie of these 51.4% were male and 48.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Ballogie was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.1% of the population.

Of people in Ballogie aged 15 years and over, 49.6% were married and 20.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Ballogie was 58 years and the median age of people never married was 32 years.

In Ballogie, of people aged 15 years and over, 47.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Ballogie was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 52 years.

In Ballogie 32.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.8% were in primary school, 24.1% in secondary school and 9.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Ballogie were Australian 30.4%, English 30.0%, Irish 7.9%, Scottish 6.1% and German 4.9%.

In Ballogie, 77.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.7%, New Zealand 2.1%, Germany 1.4%, Papua New Guinea 1.2% and Scotland 0.9%.

In Ballogie, 70.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 16.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Ballogie were No Religion 28.9%, Catholic 22.0%, Anglican 12.5%, Uniting Church 4.4% and Christian, nfd 3.7%.

In Ballogie 87.5% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Danish 1.2% and Polish 0.9%.

Employment

There were 103 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Ballogie. Of these 36.9% were employed full time, 35.9% were employed part-time and 17.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Ballogie, 11.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 13.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 37.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Ballogie was 52 years and for people who were employed part-time was 34 years.

The most common occupations in Ballogie included Community and Personal Service Workers 18.1%, Labourers 16.9%, Managers 15.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.7%, Sales Workers 13.3%, Professionals 6.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.0% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 4.8%.

Of the employed people in Ballogie, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 15.9%, Local Government Administration 7.3%, Coal Mining 4.9%, Building Completion Services 4.9% and Hospitals 4.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Ballogie was $304.

In Ballogie, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 54.9%, Car, as passenger 3.7%, Other 3.7% and Walked only 3.7%. 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 63.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Ballogie, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.3% provided care for children and 14.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.5% 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 Ballogie, 16.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 24.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Ballogie, 40.0% were couple families with children, 42.7% were couple families without children and 17.3% were one parent families.

In Ballogie 17.6% of single parents were male and 82.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Ballogie, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,750 and those without children was $1,375.

Employment status of couple families

In Ballogie, of couple families with children, 0.0% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 8.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Ballogie, 78.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 21.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ballogie, 98.1% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 1.9% were other dwellings.

In Ballogie, of occupied private dwellings 16.4% had 1 bedroom, 24.5% had 2 bedrooms and 33.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ballogie, 50.0% were owned outright, 32.5% were owned with a mortgage and 13.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Ballogie, of all households, 66.5% were family households, 29.7% were single person households and 3.8% were group households.

In Ballogie, 49.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% 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 Ballogie, 43.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Ballogie, there were 17 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 12 (or 70.6%) were male and 5 (or 29.4%) were female. The median age was 13 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 Ballogie, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $500.

In Ballogie, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $250 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.