Balonne (S)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,720 people in Balonne (S) of these 51.6% were male and 48.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 17.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Balonne (S) was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 25.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.2% of the population.

Of people in Balonne (S) aged 15 years and over, 51.9% were married and 9.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Balonne (S) was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Balonne (S), of people aged 15 years and over, 52.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Balonne (S) was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Balonne (S) 27.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 38.4% were in primary school, 16.9% in secondary school and 7.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Balonne (S) were Australian 37.6%, English 29.9%, Irish 8.3%, Scottish 6.9% and German 4.2%.

In Balonne (S), 89.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 0.9%, South Africa 0.8%, New Zealand 0.8%, Germany 0.3% and China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 0.2%.

In Balonne (S), 88.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 6.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Balonne (S) were Anglican 32.1%, Catholic 30.3%, No Religion 10.2%, Uniting Church 5.7% and Presbyterian and Reformed 5.0%.

In Balonne (S) 93.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Afrikaans 0.7%, Tongan 0.3%, Danish 0.1%, Greek 0.1% and Nepali 0.1%.

Employment

There were 2,397 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Balonne (S). Of these 66.8% were employed full time, 22.7% were employed part-time and 4.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Balonne (S), 7.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 59.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Balonne (S) was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Balonne (S) included Managers 25.9%, Labourers 15.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.0%, Professionals 10.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.3% and Sales Workers 6.4%.

Of the employed people in Balonne (S), the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 20.1%, Other Crop Growing 7.1%, School Education 6.6%, Agriculture and Fishing Support Services 4.5% and Hospitals 3.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Balonne (S) was $568.

In Balonne (S), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 54.9%, Walked only 10.7%, Car, as passenger 5.1%, Truck 2.1% and Motorbike/scooter 0.9%. On the day, 0.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 60.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Balonne (S), of people aged 15 years and over, 65.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.4% provided care for children and 9.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 27.0% 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 Balonne (S), 22.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Balonne (S), 45.4% were couple families with children, 39.3% were couple families without children and 14.0% were one parent families.

In Balonne (S) 15.9% of single parents were male and 84.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Balonne (S), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,805 and those without children was $1,550.

Employment status of couple families

In Balonne (S), of couple families with children, 28.6% had both partners employed full-time, 2.8% had both employed part-time and 23.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Balonne (S), 77.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 22.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Balonne (S), 88.1% were separate houses, 4.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 5.0% were flats, units or apartments and 2.7% were other dwellings.

In Balonne (S), of occupied private dwellings 4.5% had 1 bedroom, 15.7% had 2 bedrooms and 43.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Balonne (S), 32.9% were owned outright, 24.4% were owned with a mortgage and 37.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Balonne (S), of all households, 71.7% were family households, 25.5% were single person households and 2.8% were group households.

In Balonne (S), 26.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.3% 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 Balonne (S), 28.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 25.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Balonne (S), there were 808 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 389 (or 48.1%) were male and 419 (or 51.9%) were female. The median age was 19 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 Balonne (S), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.4, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $959.

In Balonne (S), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $150 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,239.