Ballajura

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 42,563 people were counted in Ballajura: of these 49.3% were male and 50.7% were female. Of the total population 1.3% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Ballajura there were 10,195 children aged 0-14 years and 7,001 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Ballajura, 37,711 people were Australian citizens, 15,093 were born overseas and 200 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Ballajura, 56.4% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 9.9% were separated or divorced, 4.1% were widowed and 29.6% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Ballajura, 60.9% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Ballajura were England 6.7%, Viet Nam 3.4%, Italy 2.7%, India 2.1% and New Zealand 2.0%.

Of all people counted in Ballajura on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 33.3%, Anglican 16.6%, No Religion 14.8%, Buddhism 4.8% and Orthodox 3.1%.

On Census Night 2001 in Ballajura, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 4.7%, Vietnamese 4.3%, Cantonese 2.1%, Greek 1.0% and Polish 0.8%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 73.1% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 21,254 people aged 15 years and over in Ballajura were in the labour force. Of these 59.6% worked full-time, 30.5% worked part-time, 2.7% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 7.1% were unemployed. 10,426 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Ballajura, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 11.8%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 8.8%, Associate Professionals 7.7%, Professionals 7.6%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 7.1%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 5.6%, Labourers and Related Workers 5.2%, Managers and Administrators 3.3% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.7%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Ballajura, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 5.4%, Food Retailing 4.5%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 4.3%, Health Services 3.5% and Education 3.4%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Ballajura, 11,875 families were counted: of these, 29.6% were couple families without children, 54.8% were couple families with children, 14.2% were one parent families and 1.4% were other families.

Dwelling structure

Dwellings include visitor only and other not-classifiable households unless otherwise stated

On Census Night 2001 in Ballajura, 14,606 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Ballajura, 89.8% were separate houses, 7.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Ballajura, 39.0% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 40.1% were being purchased and 16.4% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Ballajura, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 39.6% were rented from a real estate agent, 13.8% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 45.8% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Ballajura, 80.0% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 16.1% were single (or lone) person households and 2.1% were group households.