Ballarat East

14.9% of Ballarat East's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

1,428 family households lived in Ballarat East; 29.9% were couple families and 22.8% were one-parent families.

33.5% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Ballarat East had 5,937 residents at the 2021 Census.

26.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

37.3% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 89.4% of occupied private dwellings in Ballarat East.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 9.4% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.9% of occupied private dwellings.

32.9% 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.

41.3% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Ballarat East had 2.1 people.

One-person households made up 39.2% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 35.0%, while 13.8% had four or more usual residents.

18.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

56.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

1.1% used only a train, tram or bus, while 4.1% walked or cycled.

8.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

One-car households formed 48.3% of the total.

43.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

55.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 44.9% reported a different address.

11.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

88.1% of residents used only English at home.

5.9% used a language other than English at home.

0.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.3% spoke Hindi.

11.1% of Ballarat East's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 88.9% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

1.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 89.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 43.6% of ancestry responses in Ballarat East.

Australian ancestry made up 37.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.1% of responses.

23.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 10.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 18.5% of workers, and education and training employed 10.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 52.6%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

25.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.7%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

45.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

16.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

12.5% reported asthma, 13.5% arthritis and 6.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

24.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 8.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 31.5%.

Median household income was $1,123 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,300.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $290 per week.

Working from home was 18.6% in Ballarat East, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 32.9% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 41.3% in Ballarat East, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..