Ballarat Central

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,465 people in Ballarat Central of these 47.6% were male and 52.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Ballarat Central was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.8% of the population.

Of people in Ballarat Central aged 15 years and over, 37.4% were married and 13.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Ballarat Central was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Ballarat Central, of people aged 15 years and over, 38.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Ballarat Central was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Ballarat Central 32.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 21.7% were in primary school, 17.5% in secondary school and 33.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Ballarat Central were English 28.7%, Australian 27.1%, Irish 12.9%, Scottish 9.6% and German 3.0%.

In Ballarat Central, 84.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.0%, India 1.3%, New Zealand 0.9%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 0.6% and Scotland 0.5%.

In Ballarat Central, 75.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Ballarat Central were Catholic 29.9%, No Religion 29.8%, Anglican 11.7%, Uniting Church 7.0% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.5%.

In Ballarat Central 89.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Malayalam 0.5%, Italian 0.4%, Cantonese 0.3%, Mandarin 0.3% and Ewe 0.3%.

Employment

There were 2,873 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Ballarat Central. Of these 55.9% were employed full time, 32.5% were employed part-time and 6.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Ballarat Central, 14.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Ballarat Central was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The most common occupations in Ballarat Central included Professionals 30.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.1%, Managers 11.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.8%, Sales Workers 10.8%, Labourers 6.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.7%.

Of the employed people in Ballarat Central, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 10.6%, School Education 6.6%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 6.0%, Tertiary Education 3.3% and Clothing, Footwear and Personal Accessory Retailing 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Ballarat Central was $547.

In Ballarat Central, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 55.4%, Walked only 14.2%, Car, as passenger 4.4%, Train 2.1% and Bicycle 1.6%. On the day, 4.3% 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 Ballarat Central, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.0% provided care for children and 10.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.8% 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 Ballarat Central, 28.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Ballarat Central, 39.7% were couple families with children, 38.2% were couple families without children and 20.1% were one parent families.

In Ballarat Central 17.7% of single parents were male and 82.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Ballarat Central, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,229 and those without children was $1,994.

Employment status of couple families

In Ballarat Central, of couple families with children, 23.5% had both partners employed full-time, 4.6% had both employed part-time and 25.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Ballarat Central, 88.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ballarat Central, 80.8% were separate houses, 7.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 10.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.3% were other dwellings.

In Ballarat Central, of occupied private dwellings 4.7% had 1 bedroom, 29.2% had 2 bedrooms and 48.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ballarat Central, 29.0% were owned outright, 27.7% were owned with a mortgage and 40.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Ballarat Central, of all households, 55.3% were family households, 35.6% were single person households and 9.1% were group households.

In Ballarat Central, 28.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.2% 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 Ballarat Central, 45.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 30.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 10.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Ballarat Central, there were 38 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 26 (or 68.4%) were male and 12 (or 31.6%) were female. The median age was 33 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 Ballarat Central, 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 $833.

In Ballarat Central, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $190 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,167.