East Ballina

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,320 people in East Ballina of these 48.7% were male and 51.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.5% of the population.

The median age of people in East Ballina was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.8% of the population.

Of people in East Ballina aged 15 years and over, 50.1% were married and 13.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in East Ballina was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In East Ballina, of people aged 15 years and over, 49.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in East Ballina was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In East Ballina 28.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.8% were in primary school, 21.2% in secondary school and 23.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in East Ballina were English 31.6%, Australian 29.8%, Irish 11.3%, Scottish 8.5% and German 3.1%.

In East Ballina, 83.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.1%, New Zealand 1.8%, Scotland 0.5%, Germany 0.4% and South Africa 0.4%.

In East Ballina, 74.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 13.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in East Ballina were Catholic 27.0%, Anglican 24.3%, No Religion 21.0%, Presbyterian and Reformed 5.8% and Uniting Church 4.2%.

In East Ballina 92.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included French 0.3%, Japanese 0.3%, Thai 0.2%, Portuguese 0.2% and Spanish 0.2%.

Employment

There were 2,640 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in East Ballina. Of these 52.7% were employed full time, 35.2% were employed part-time and 5.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in East Ballina, 14.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 37.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in East Ballina was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in East Ballina included Professionals 20.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.9%, Sales Workers 13.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.0%, Managers 11.9%, Labourers 8.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.4%.

Of the employed people in East Ballina, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 8.4%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.2%, Hospitals 3.4%, Residential Care Services 3.2% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in East Ballina was $564.

In East Ballina, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.3%, Car, as passenger 5.6%, Bicycle 2.4%, Truck 1.7% and Walked only 1.5%. On the day, 0.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In East Ballina, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.1% provided care for children and 13.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.9% 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 East Ballina, 29.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in East Ballina, 33.0% were couple families with children, 49.6% were couple families without children and 16.8% were one parent families.

In East Ballina 21.4% of single parents were male and 78.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In East Ballina, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,952 and those without children was $1,836.

Employment status of couple families

In East Ballina, of couple families with children, 17.6% had both partners employed full-time, 5.7% had both employed part-time and 20.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In East Ballina, 88.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in East Ballina, 58.7% were separate houses, 13.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 24.1% were flats, units or apartments and 3.8% were other dwellings.

In East Ballina, of occupied private dwellings 1.6% had 1 bedroom, 22.0% had 2 bedrooms and 49.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in East Ballina, 42.7% were owned outright, 24.5% were owned with a mortgage and 31.0% were rented.

Household composition

In East Ballina, of all households, 69.6% were family households, 25.9% were single person households and 4.5% were group households.

In East Ballina, 24.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.4% 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 East Ballina, 41.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 11.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In East Ballina, there were 82 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 34 (or 41.5%) were male and 48 (or 58.5%) were female. The median age was 24 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 East Ballina, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.8, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $933.

In East Ballina, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $250 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,167.