Ballandean

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 467 people in Ballandean of these 52.7% were male and 47.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Ballandean was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.3% of the population.

Of people in Ballandean aged 15 years and over, 61.3% were married and 11.3% were either divorced or separated.

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

In Ballandean, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Ballandean was 59 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Ballandean 26.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 40.7% were in primary school, 26.8% in secondary school and 12.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Ballandean were Australian 29.6%, English 25.6%, Scottish 10.9%, Irish 9.1% and Italian 6.9%.

In Ballandean, 81.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.1%, New Zealand 1.9%, Mauritius 0.9%, Netherlands 0.9% and Poland 0.9%.

In Ballandean, 70.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 20.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Ballandean were Catholic 29.0%, No Religion 17.2%, Anglican 16.3%, Uniting Church 9.0% and Presbyterian and Reformed 5.4%.

In Ballandean 89.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 4.3%, German 1.9%, Danish 0.9%, Romanian 0.6% and Korean 0.6%.

Employment

There were 241 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Ballandean. Of these 59.8% were employed full time, 34.9% were employed part-time and 1.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Ballandean, 13.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Ballandean was 49 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Ballandean included Managers 36.4%, Labourers 18.8%, Professionals 15.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 5.9%, Sales Workers 5.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.0% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 4.2%.

Of the employed people in Ballandean, the most common responses for industry of employment included Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 16.3%, Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 11.3%, School Education 8.4%, Beverage Manufacturing 7.1% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Ballandean was $407.

In Ballandean, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 37.8%, Walked only 12.4%, Car, as passenger 7.5%, Truck 3.3% and Bus, car as passenger 1.2%. On the day, 1.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 49.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Ballandean, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.4% provided care for children and 9.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 27.3% 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 Ballandean, 27.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Ballandean, 42.1% were couple families with children, 48.6% were couple families without children and 7.1% were one parent families.

In Ballandean 27.3% of single parents were male and 72.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Ballandean, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,166 and those without children was $1,042.

Employment status of couple families

In Ballandean, of couple families with children, 24.6% had both partners employed full-time, 11.9% had both employed part-time and 16.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Ballandean, 77.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 22.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ballandean, 97.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 3.0% were other dwellings.

In Ballandean, of occupied private dwellings 3.0% had 1 bedroom, 20.5% had 2 bedrooms and 41.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ballandean, 50.0% were owned outright, 28.9% were owned with a mortgage and 21.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Ballandean, of all households, 81.9% were family households, 16.3% were single person households and 1.8% were group households.

In Ballandean, 35.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.8% 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 Ballandean, 28.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 45.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 21.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Ballandean, there were 19 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 13 (or 68.4%) were male and 6 (or 31.6%) 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 Ballandean, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 6.9, with 1.6 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $841.

In Ballandean, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $225 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $3,033.