Balmain East

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 1,749 people were counted in Balmain East: of these 47.8% were male and 52.2% were female. Of the total population 0.2% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Balmain East there were 207 children aged 0-14 years and 396 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Balmain East, 1,428 people were Australian citizens, 479 were born overseas and 36 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Balmain East, 37.0% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 14.7% were separated or divorced, 4.4% were widowed and 43.6% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Balmain East, 66.8% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Balmain East were England 8.3%, New Zealand 3.4%, United States of America 1.8%, Ireland 1.6% and Scotland 1.2%.

Of all people counted in Balmain East on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were No Religion 27.8%, Catholic 22.4%, Anglican 21.4%, Uniting Church 3.5% and Presbyterian & Reformed 3.2%.

On Census Night 2001 in Balmain East, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 1.4%, French 1.2%, Spanish 0.7%, Cantonese 0.6% and Mandarin 0.4%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 87% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 1,128 people aged 15 years and over in Balmain East were in the labour force. Of these 69.0% worked full-time, 25.9% worked part-time, 1.9% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 3.3% were unemployed. 341 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Balmain East, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 28.8%, Managers and Administrators 13.0%, Associate Professionals 9.6%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 7.9%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 2.6%, Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.5%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 2.1%, Labourers and Related Workers 2.0% and Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 1.0%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Balmain East, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 17.7%, Education 6.9%, Health Services 4.1%, Finance 3.2% and Government Administration 3.1%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Balmain East, 460 families were counted: of these, 52.0% were couple families without children, 33.0% were couple families with children, 12.2% were one parent families and 2.8% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Balmain East, 856 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Balmain East, 22.9% were separate houses, 30.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 45.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.5% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Balmain East, 32.8% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 16.8% were being purchased and 42.1% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Balmain East, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 55.6% were rented from a real estate agent, 17.5% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 25.8% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Balmain East, 53.7% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 31.9% were single (or lone) person households and 8.2% were group households.