Ballarat Central

14.3% of Ballarat Central's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

1,268 family households lived in Ballarat Central; 36.4% were couple families and 17.3% were one-parent families.

34.4% of local families included children under 15. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

Ballarat Central had 5,378 residents at the 2021 Census.

28.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

32.1% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 74.1% of occupied private dwellings in Ballarat Central.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 12.9% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 11.6% of occupied private dwellings.

33.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

25.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

41.0% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Ballarat Central had 2.1 people.

One-person households made up 40.0% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 32.4%, while 14.7% had four or more usual residents.

20.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

46.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

1.4% used only a train, tram or bus, while 13.7% walked or cycled.

9.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of Vic. rate.

One-car households formed 47.9% of the total.

43.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

51.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 48.7% reported a different address.

13.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

86.4% of residents used only English at home.

7.9% used a language other than English at home.

0.8% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.

13.0% of Ballarat Central's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 87.0% was born in Australia.

0.5% of residents were born in China.

1.8% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 41.4% of ancestry responses in Ballarat Central.

Australian ancestry made up 35.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.5% of responses.

33.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about twice the Rest of Vic. rate.

Managers accounted for 13.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 23.9% of workers, and education and training employed 13.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 61.9%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

33.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 22.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.9%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

53.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

13.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.9% reported asthma, 9.2% arthritis and 4.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

30.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 13.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 21.7%.

Median household income was $1,454 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,600.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $300 per week.

Working from home was 20.7% in Ballarat Central, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 33.1% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 41.0% in Ballarat Central, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..