Ballarat North

17.7% of Ballarat North's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

1,069 family households lived in Ballarat North; 38.7% were couple families and 18.3% were one-parent families.

36.0% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Ballarat North had 4,041 residents at the 2021 Census.

24.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

35.7% were 55 or older. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

Separate houses made up 81.9% of occupied private dwellings in Ballarat North.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 17.1% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.7% of occupied private dwellings.

36.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

30.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

32.3% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Ballarat North had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 35.4% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 34.7%, while 17.3% had four or more usual residents.

17.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

62.3% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

0.4% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.4% walked or cycled.

8.9% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of Vic. rate.

One-car households formed 38.4% of the total.

52.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

57.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 42.1% reported a different address.

9.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

91.4% of residents used only English at home.

4.3% used a language other than English at home.

0.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

9.0% of Ballarat North's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 91.0% was born in Australia.

0.4% of residents were born in China.

0.6% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 92.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 44.7% of ancestry responses in Ballarat North.

Australian ancestry made up 38.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.5% of responses.

25.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 13.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 18.5% of workers, and education and training employed 12.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 56.8%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

31.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.0%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

51.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

13.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.6% reported asthma, 13.8% arthritis and 5.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

25.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 9.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 31.2%.

Median household income was $1,290 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,416.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $285 per week.

Working from home was 17.1% in Ballarat North, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 36.9% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 32.3% in Ballarat North, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..