Balmoral Ridge

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 281 people in Balmoral Ridge of these 46.3% were male and 53.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Balmoral Ridge was 55 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 11.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 26.5% of the population.

Of people in Balmoral Ridge aged 15 years and over, 57.5% were married and 11.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Balmoral Ridge was 60 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Balmoral Ridge, of people aged 15 years and over, 59.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Balmoral Ridge was 60 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 57 years.

In Balmoral Ridge 25.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 18.3% were in primary school, 21.1% in secondary school and 4.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Balmoral Ridge were English 33.7%, Australian 22.5%, Scottish 9.3%, Irish 9.0% and German 4.2%.

In Balmoral Ridge, 68.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.7%, New Zealand 4.3%, Finland 1.4%, Scotland 1.4% and Canada 1.1%.

In Balmoral Ridge, 52.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 28.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Balmoral Ridge were No Religion 19.9%, Catholic 15.7%, Anglican 14.9%, Uniting Church 10.3% and Presbyterian and Reformed 5.3%.

In Balmoral Ridge 87.8% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 1.8% and Afrikaans 1.8%.

Employment

There were 131 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Balmoral Ridge. Of these 54.2% were employed full time, 36.6% were employed part-time and 2.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Balmoral Ridge, 11.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Balmoral Ridge was 50 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Balmoral Ridge included Professionals 25.6%, Managers 20.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.1%, Labourers 10.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.5%, Sales Workers 6.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.7%.

Of the employed people in Balmoral Ridge, the most common responses for industry of employment included Accommodation 9.4%, School Education 9.4%, Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 6.2%, Medical Services 3.9% and Dairy Product Manufacturing 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Balmoral Ridge was $596.

In Balmoral Ridge, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 49.6%, Walked only 7.9%, Train 3.9%, Car, as passenger 3.9% and Motorbike/scooter 3.9%. On the day, 3.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 55.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Balmoral Ridge, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 19.0% provided care for children and 11.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 33.3% 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 Balmoral Ridge, 31.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Balmoral Ridge, 32.5% were couple families with children, 59.0% were couple families without children and 8.4% were one parent families.

In Balmoral Ridge 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Balmoral Ridge, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,650 and those without children was $1,333.

Employment status of couple families

In Balmoral Ridge, of couple families with children, 22.4% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 13.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Balmoral Ridge, 83.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 16.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Balmoral Ridge, 88.7% were separate houses, 5.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 6.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Balmoral Ridge, of occupied private dwellings 7.8% had 1 bedroom, 14.8% had 2 bedrooms and 46.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Balmoral Ridge, 45.7% were owned outright, 30.2% were owned with a mortgage and 21.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Balmoral Ridge, of all households, 72.2% were family households, 23.5% were single person households and 4.3% were group households.

In Balmoral Ridge, 22.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 12.1% 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 Balmoral Ridge, 43.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 21.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Balmoral Ridge, there were 8 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 8 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 36 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 Balmoral Ridge, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,125.

In Balmoral Ridge, 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.