Ballajura

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 19,720 people were counted in Ballajura: of these 49.3% were male and 50.7% were female. Of the total population 1.1% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Ballajura there were 5,909 children aged 0-14 years and 1,994 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Ballajura, 17,504 people were Australian citizens, 6,457 were born overseas and 64 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Ballajura, 58.7% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 10.5% were separated or divorced, 2.8% were widowed and 28.1% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Ballajura, 63.8% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Ballajura were England 7.0%, Viet Nam 4.0%, New Zealand 2.2%, Malaysia 1.7% and India 1.6%.

Of all people counted in Ballajura on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 30.2%, Anglican 18.0%, No Religion 17.0%, Buddhism 5.8% and Islam 2.8%.

On Census Night 2001 in Ballajura, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Vietnamese 5.2%, Italian 1.8%, Cantonese 1.8%, Polish 0.9% and Persian 0.8%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 76% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 9,486 people aged 15 years and over in Ballajura were in the labour force. Of these 60.0% worked full-time, 29.8% worked part-time, 3.0% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 7.3% were unemployed. 4,126 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 12.7%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 9.4%, Associate Professionals 8.0%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 7.3%, Professionals 7.1%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 6.5%, Labourers and Related Workers 5.5%, Managers and Administrators 3.4% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.6%.

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 5.2%, Food Retailing 4.7%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 4.3%, Health Services 3.3% and Education 3.2%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Ballajura, 5,344 families were counted: of these, 23.9% were couple families without children, 60.5% were couple families with children, 14.5% were one parent families and 1.1% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Ballajura, 6,205 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Ballajura, 94.0% were separate houses, 4.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Ballajura, 26.4% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 54.2% were being purchased and 15.4% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Ballajura, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 38.8% were rented from a real estate agent, 26.1% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 34.1% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Ballajura, 84.7% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 12.3% were single (or lone) person households and 1.7% were group households.