North Balgowlah

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 3,154 people were counted in North Balgowlah: of these 49.2% were male and 50.8% were female. Of the total population 0.1% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in North Balgowlah there were 746 children aged 0-14 years and 632 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in North Balgowlah, 2,830 people were Australian citizens, 728 were born overseas and 32 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in North Balgowlah, 57.0% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 9.4% were separated or divorced, 6.0% were widowed and 27.1% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in North Balgowlah, 74.7% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within North Balgowlah were England 8.6%, New Zealand 2.3%, South Africa 1.3%, Scotland 1.1% and Ireland 0.6%.

Of all people counted in North Balgowlah on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 31.3%, Catholic 25.6%, No Religion 15.5%, Uniting Church 6.4% and Presbyterian & Reformed 4.2%.

On Census Night 2001 in North Balgowlah, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Cantonese 0.8%, French 0.7%, Italian 0.7%, German 0.4% and Korean 0.4%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 91.3% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 1,691 people aged 15 years and over in North Balgowlah were in the labour force. Of these 62.6% worked full-time, 30.8% worked part-time, 3.1% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 3.4% were unemployed. 685 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in North Balgowlah, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 17.1%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 9.4%, Associate Professionals 8.8%, Managers and Administrators 8.2%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 7.6%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 6.6%, Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 3.6%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 2.9% and Labourers and Related Workers 2.2%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in North Balgowlah, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 10.6%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 5.4%, Education 4.4%, Health Services 3.9% and Construction Trade Services 3.4%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in North Balgowlah, 913 families were counted: of these, 28.7% were couple families without children, 54.8% were couple families with children, 14.3% were one parent families and 2.2% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in North Balgowlah, 1,100 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in North Balgowlah, 91.3% were separate houses, 4.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in North Balgowlah, 48.1% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 34.2% were being purchased and 14.9% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in North Balgowlah, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 42.1% were rented from a real estate agent, 12.2% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 44.5% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in North Balgowlah, 82.5% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 14.1% were single (or lone) person households and 2.3% were group households.