Benalla

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 10,331 people in Benalla of these 47.9% were male and 52.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Benalla was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 23.0% of the population.

Of people in Benalla aged 15 years and over, 48.6% were married and 13.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Benalla was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Benalla, of people aged 15 years and over, 49.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Benalla was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Benalla 25.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.6% were in primary school, 27.3% in secondary school and 13.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Benalla were Australian 31.6%, English 31.4%, Irish 10.7%, Scottish 8.9% and German 4.0%.

In Benalla, 87.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.9%, Germany 0.8%, New Zealand 0.7%, India 0.5% and Netherlands 0.4%.

In Benalla, 79.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 11.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Benalla were Catholic 25.4%, No Religion 24.1%, Anglican 17.2%, Uniting Church 9.5% and Presbyterian and Reformed 5.9%.

In Benalla 93.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.4%, Italian 0.3%, Hindi 0.3%, Mandarin 0.3% and Polish 0.2%.

Employment

There were 4,551 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Benalla. Of these 55.2% were employed full time, 32.6% were employed part-time and 5.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Benalla, 12.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Benalla was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Benalla included Technicians and Trades Workers 15.7%, Professionals 14.8%, Labourers 14.0%, Managers 12.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.9%, Sales Workers 10.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.2%.

Of the employed people in Benalla, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.5%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.4%, Hospitals 4.0%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.6% and Other Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Benalla was $459.

In Benalla, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.4%, Walked only 5.9%, Car, as passenger 5.4%, Bicycle 1.7% and Truck 1.2%. On the day, 0.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Benalla, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.4% provided care for children and 13.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 24.9% 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 Benalla, 24.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Benalla, 33.9% were couple families with children, 46.0% were couple families without children and 19.0% were one parent families.

In Benalla 17.5% of single parents were male and 82.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Benalla, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,837 and those without children was $1,666.

Employment status of couple families

In Benalla, of couple families with children, 18.1% had both partners employed full-time, 3.5% had both employed part-time and 20.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Benalla, 87.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Benalla, 85.5% were separate houses, 7.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 6.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.8% were other dwellings.

In Benalla, of occupied private dwellings 2.8% had 1 bedroom, 21.0% had 2 bedrooms and 51.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Benalla, 39.2% were owned outright, 28.5% were owned with a mortgage and 28.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Benalla, of all households, 64.6% were family households, 32.8% were single person households and 2.6% were group households.

In Benalla, 36.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.9% 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 Benalla, 39.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Benalla, there were 130 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 55 (or 42.3%) were male and 75 (or 57.7%) were female. The median age was 16 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 Benalla, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.2, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $549.

In Benalla, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $155 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $650.