2016 Balmain, Census All persons QuickStats (original) (raw)

Demographics & education

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People tables are based on a person's place of usual residence on Census night

People Persons count based on place of usual residence on Census night	Balmain	% Balmain	New South Wales	% New South Wales	Australia	% Australia
Male	5,019	48.0	3,686,014	49.3	11,546,638	49.3
Female	5,433	52.0	3,794,217	50.7	11,855,248	50.7
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people	85	0.8	216,176	2.9	649,171	2.8

In the 2016 Census, there were 10,453 people in Balmain. Of these 48.0% were male and 52.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.8% of the population.

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Age	Balmain	% Balmain	New South Wales	% New South Wales	Australia	% Australia
Median age	40	--	38	--	38	--
0-4 years	708	6.8	465,135	6.2	1,464,779	6.3
5-9 years	621	5.9	478,184	6.4	1,502,646	6.4
10-14 years	465	4.4	443,009	5.9	1,397,183	6.0
15-19 years	329	3.1	448,425	6.0	1,421,595	6.1
20-24 years	429	4.1	489,673	6.5	1,566,793	6.7
25-29 years	734	7.0	527,161	7.0	1,664,602	7.1
30-34 years	875	8.4	540,360	7.2	1,703,847	7.3
35-39 years	978	9.4	499,724	6.7	1,561,679	6.7
40-44 years	1,000	9.6	503,169	6.7	1,583,257	6.8
45-49 years	824	7.9	492,440	6.6	1,581,455	6.8
50-54 years	815	7.8	485,546	6.5	1,523,551	6.5
55-59 years	660	6.3	469,726	6.3	1,454,332	6.2
60-64 years	619	5.9	420,044	5.6	1,299,397	5.6
65-69 years	547	5.2	384,470	5.1	1,188,999	5.1
70-74 years	406	3.9	292,556	3.9	887,716	3.8
75-79 years	209	2.0	217,308	2.9	652,657	2.8
80-84 years	126	1.2	155,806	2.1	460,549	2.0
85 years and over	111	1.1	167,506	2.2	486,842	2.1

The median age of people in Balmain was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.4% of the population.

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Registered marital status People aged 15 years and over	Balmain	% Balmain	New South Wales	% New South Wales	Australia	% Australia
Married	3,768	43.6	2,965,280	48.7	9,148,218	48.1
Separated	235	2.7	190,198	3.1	608,059	3.2
Divorced	958	11.1	512,298	8.4	1,626,890	8.5
Widowed	267	3.1	331,653	5.4	985,204	5.2
Never married	3,424	39.6	2,094,460	34.4	6,668,910	35.0

Of people in Balmain aged 15 years and over, 43.6% were married and 13.7% were either divorced or separated.

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Social marital status People aged 15 years and over	Balmain	% Balmain	New South Wales	% New South Wales	Australia	% Australia
Registered marriage	3,271	43.8	2,612,630	48.3	8,001,141	47.7
De facto marriage	1,137	15.2	506,133	9.4	1,751,731	10.4
Not married	3,058	41.0	2,290,887	42.3	7,024,973	41.9

In Balmain, of people aged 15 years and over, 43.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 15.2% were in a de facto marriage.

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Education	Balmain	% Balmain	New South Wales	% New South Wales	Australia	% Australia
Preschool	204	6.7	132,047	5.7	347,621	4.8
Primary - Government	432	14.2	417,465	18.0	1,314,787	18.2
Primary - Catholic	176	5.8	122,099	5.3	380,604	5.3
Primary - other non Government	145	4.8	67,611	2.9	231,490	3.2
Secondary - Government	142	4.7	269,249	11.6	827,505	11.5
Secondary - Catholic	123	4.0	117,689	5.1	338,384	4.7
Secondary - other non Government	183	6.0	79,915	3.4	280,618	3.9
Technical or further education institution	108	3.5	144,103	6.2	424,869	5.9
University or tertiary institution	546	17.9	376,133	16.2	1,160,626	16.1
Other	68	2.2	63,673	2.7	198,383	2.8
Not stated	924	30.3	535,266	23.0	1,707,023	23.7

In Balmain 29.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.3% were in primary school, 14.6% in secondary school and 21.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

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Level of highest educational attainment People aged 15 years and over	Balmain	% Balmain	New South Wales	% New South Wales	Australia	% Australia
Bachelor Degree level and above	4,294	49.6	1,424,716	23.4	4,181,406	22.0
Advanced Diploma and Diploma level	784	9.1	543,142	8.9	1,687,893	8.9
Certificate level IV	146	1.7	167,947	2.8	551,767	2.9
Certificate level III	403	4.7	730,498	12.0	2,442,203	12.8
Year 12	1,003	11.6	930,654	15.3	2,994,097	15.7
Year 11	179	2.1	203,574	3.3	941,531	4.9
Year 10	406	4.7	702,178	11.5	2,054,331	10.8
Certificate level II	5	0.1	4,849	0.1	13,454	0.1
Certificate level I	0	0.0	625	0.0	2,176	0.0
Year 9 or below	259	3.0	513,209	8.4	1,529,897	8.0
No educational attainment	26	0.3	54,870	0.9	145,844	0.8
Not stated	963	11.1	627,465	10.3	1,974,794	10.4

Of people aged 15 and over in Balmain, 11.6% reported having completed Year 12 as their highest level of educational attainment, 6.3% had completed a Certificate III or IV and 9.1% had completed an Advanced Diploma or Diploma.

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Cultural & language diversity

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Ancestry, top responses	Balmain	% Balmain	New South Wales	% New South Wales	Australia	% Australia
English	4,083	27.5	2,302,481	23.3	7,852,224	25.0
Australian	2,880	19.4	2,261,062	22.9	7,298,243	23.3
Irish	1,779	12.0	741,671	7.5	2,388,058	7.6
Scottish	1,238	8.3	587,052	5.9	2,023,470	6.4
Italian	435	2.9	272,124	2.8	1,000,006	3.2

The most common ancestries in Balmain were English 27.5%, Australian 19.4%, Irish 12.0%, Scottish 8.3% and Italian 2.9%.

Respondents had the option of reporting up to two ancestries on their Census form, and this is captured by the Ancestry Multi Response (ANCP) variable used in this table. Therefore, the total responses count will not equal the persons count for this area. Calculated percentages represent a proportion of all responses from people in Balmain (including those who did not state an ancestry).

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Country of birth	Balmain	% Balmain	New South Wales	% New South Wales	Australia	% Australia
Australia	6,448	61.9	4,899,090	65.5	15,614,835	66.7
Other top responses:	null	null	null	null	null	null
England	949	9.1	226,564	3.0	907,570	3.9
New Zealand	346	3.3	117,136	1.6	518,466	2.2
Ireland	158	1.5	24,038	0.3	74,888	0.3
United States of America	152	1.5	30,081	0.4	86,125	0.4
Scotland	92	0.9	28,579	0.4	119,417	0.5

In Balmain, 61.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 9.1%, New Zealand 3.3%, Ireland 1.5%, United States of America 1.5% and Scotland 0.9%.

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Country of birth of father and/or mother, stated responses	Balmain	% Balmain	New South Wales	% New South Wales	Australia	% Australia
Both parents born overseas	3,789	36.3	2,764,170	37.0	8,051,196	34.4
Father only born overseas	969	9.3	458,394	6.1	1,488,092	6.4
Mother only born overseas	697	6.7	325,182	4.3	1,094,591	4.7
Both parents born in Australia	4,053	38.8	3,399,725	45.4	11,070,538	47.3

In Balmain, 38.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 36.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

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Country of birth of father, stated responses	Balmain	% Balmain	New South Wales	% New South Wales	Australia	% Australia
Australia	4,764	45.8	3,745,787	50.1	12,231,150	52.3
England	1,088	10.5	359,370	4.8	1,403,096	6.0
New Zealand	430	4.1	143,450	1.9	617,331	2.6
United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man, nfd	277	2.7	45,238	0.6	177,536	0.8
Ireland	260	2.5	52,104	0.7	169,273	0.7

In Balmain, the most common countries of birth for male parents were Australia 45.8%, England 10.5%, New Zealand 4.1%, United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man, nfd 2.7% and Ireland 2.5%.

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Country of birth of mother, stated responses	Balmain	% Balmain	New South Wales	% New South Wales	Australia	% Australia
Australia	5,043	48.5	3,884,762	51.9	12,643,365	54.0
England	951	9.1	322,472	4.3	1,302,147	5.6
New Zealand	439	4.2	139,899	1.9	608,329	2.6
Ireland	284	2.7	45,638	0.6	147,423	0.6
United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man, nfd	240	2.3	38,504	0.5	155,231	0.7

In Balmain, the most common countries of birth for female parents were Australia 48.5%, England 9.1%, New Zealand 4.2%, Ireland 2.7% and United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man, nfd 2.3%.

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Religious affiliation, top responses	Balmain	% Balmain	New South Wales	% New South Wales	Australia	% Australia
No Religion, so described	4,295	41.2	1,879,562	25.1	6,933,708	29.6
Catholic	2,329	22.3	1,846,443	24.7	5,291,834	22.6
Not stated	1,306	12.5	684,969	9.2	2,238,735	9.6
Anglican	1,186	11.4	1,161,810	15.5	3,101,185	13.3
Presbyterian and Reformed	216	2.1	188,330	2.5	526,689	2.3

The most common responses for religion in Balmain were No Religion, so described 41.2%, Catholic 22.3%, Not stated 12.5%, Anglican 11.4% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.1%. In Balmain, Christianity was the largest religious group reported overall (48.2%) (this figure excludes not stated responses).

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Language, top responses (other than English)	Balmain	% Balmain	New South Wales	% New South Wales	Australia	% Australia
Italian	135	1.3	75,694	1.0	271,597	1.2
Mandarin	94	0.9	239,945	3.2	596,711	2.5
French	91	0.9	23,743	0.3	70,873	0.3
Greek	85	0.8	81,683	1.1	237,588	1.0
Spanish	73	0.7	63,527	0.8	140,817	0.6
null	null	null	null	null	null	null
English only spoken at home	8,294	79.6	5,126,633	68.5	17,020,417	72.7
Households where a non English language is spoken	694	15.0	735,563	26.5	1,971,011	22.2

In Balmain 79.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 1.3%, Mandarin 0.9%, French 0.9%, Greek 0.8% and Spanish 0.7%.

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Employment

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Employment People who reported being in the labour force, aged 15 years and over	Balmain	% Balmain	New South Wales	% New South Wales	Australia	% Australia
Worked full-time	3,972	67.8	2,134,521	59.2	6,623,065	57.7
Worked part-time	1,417	24.2	1,071,151	29.7	3,491,503	30.4
Away from work	249	4.2	174,654	4.8	569,276	5.0
Unemployed	224	3.8	225,546	6.3	787,452	6.9

There were 5,862 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Balmain. Of these 67.8% were employed full time, 24.2% were employed part-time and 3.8% were unemployed.

The ABS Labour Force Survey provides the official estimates of Australia's unemployment rate. More information about Census and labour force status is provided in Understanding the Census and Census Data.

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Employment - hours worked Employed people aged 15 years and over	Balmain	% Balmain	New South Wales	% New South Wales	Australia	% Australia
1-15 hours per week	450	8.0	364,637	10.8	1,218,823	11.4
16-24 hours per week	484	8.6	352,817	10.4	1,079,236	10.1
25-34 hours per week	485	8.6	353,702	10.5	1,193,445	11.2
35-39 hours per week	688	12.2	645,428	19.1	2,031,263	19.0
40 hours or more per week	3,285	58.2	1,489,099	44.1	4,591,801	43.0

Of employed people in Balmain, 8.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 58.2% worked 40 hours or more.

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Occupation Employed people aged 15 years and over	Balmain	% Balmain	New South Wales	% New South Wales	Australia	% Australia
Professionals	2,410	42.7	798,126	23.6	2,370,966	22.2
Managers	1,335	23.7	456,084	13.5	1,390,047	13.0
Clerical and Administrative Workers	637	11.3	467,977	13.8	1,449,681	13.6
Sales Workers	374	6.6	311,414	9.2	1,000,955	9.4
Community and Personal Service Workers	352	6.2	350,261	10.4	1,157,003	10.8
Technicians and Trades Workers	302	5.4	429,239	12.7	1,447,414	13.5
Labourers	106	1.9	297,887	8.8	1,011,520	9.5
Machinery Operators and Drivers	52	0.9	206,839	6.1	670,106	6.3

The most common occupations in Balmain included Professionals 42.7%, Managers 23.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.3%, Sales Workers 6.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 5.4%, Labourers 1.9% and Machinery Operators and Drivers 0.9%.

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Industry of employment, top responses Employed people aged 15 years and over	Balmain	% Balmain	New South Wales	% New South Wales	Australia	% Australia
Banking	260	4.7	63,678	1.9	144,232	1.3
Legal Services	200	3.6	39,267	1.2	104,051	1.0
Computer System Design and Related Services	191	3.5	63,717	1.9	162,884	1.5
Higher Education	158	2.9	46,246	1.4	155,985	1.5
Hospitals (except Psychiatric Hospitals)	147	2.7	119,350	3.5	411,808	3.9

Of the employed people in Balmain, the most common responses for industry of employment included Banking 4.7%, Legal Services 3.6%, Computer System Design and Related Services 3.5%, Higher Education 2.9% and Hospitals (except Psychiatric Hospitals) 2.7%.

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Median weekly incomes People aged 15 years and over	Balmain	% Balmain	New South Wales	% New South Wales	Australia	% Australia
Personal	1,342	--	664	--	662	--
Family	3,673	--	1,780	--	1,734	--
Household	2,550	--	1,486	--	1,438	--

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Balmain was $1,342.

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Travel to work, top responses Employed people aged 15 years and over	Balmain	% Balmain	New South Wales	% New South Wales	Australia	% Australia
Car, as driver	2,020	36.0	1,953,399	57.8	6,574,571	61.5
Bus	1,159	20.7	133,903	4.0	323,201	3.0
Worked at home	416	7.4	163,026	4.8	503,582	4.7
Walked only	342	6.1	130,957	3.9	370,427	3.5
Ferry	324	5.8	7,752	0.2	11,858	0.1
null	null	null	null	null	null	null
People who travelled to work by public transport	1,944	34.5	540,215	16.0	1,225,668	11.5
People who travelled to work by car as driver or passenger	2,257	40.0	2,182,854	64.6	7,305,271	68.4

In Balmain, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 36.0%, Bus 20.7%, Worked at home 7.4%, Walked only 6.1% and Ferry 5.8%. On the day, 34.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 40.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

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Unpaid work People aged 15 years and over	Balmain	% Balmain	New South Wales	% New South Wales	Australia	% Australia
Did unpaid domestic work (last week)	6,559	75.8	4,127,723	67.7	13,143,914	69.0
Cared for child/children (last two weeks)	2,368	27.3	1,659,250	27.2	5,259,400	27.6
Provided unpaid assistance to a person with a disability (last two weeks)	827	9.6	709,415	11.6	2,145,203	11.3
Did voluntary work through an organisation or group (last 12 months)	1,907	22.0	1,103,790	18.1	3,620,726	19.0

In Balmain, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.3% provided care for children and 9.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.0% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

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Unpaid domestic work, number of hours People aged 15 years and over	Balmain	% Balmain	New South Wales	% New South Wales	Australia	% Australia
Less than 5 hours per week	2,600	30.0	1,359,656	22.3	4,298,593	22.6
5 to 14 hours per week	2,682	31.0	1,531,206	25.1	4,944,578	26.0
15 to 29 hours per week	810	9.4	690,934	11.3	2,189,776	11.5
30 hours or more per week	468	5.4	545,925	9.0	1,710,970	9.0

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Balmain, 31.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 5.4% worked 30 hours or more.

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