Brunswick Heads

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 1,861 people were counted in Brunswick Heads: of these 50.4% were male and 49.6% were female. Of the total population 1.6% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Brunswick Heads there were 290 children aged 0-14 years and 691 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Brunswick Heads, 1,710 people were Australian citizens, 235 were born overseas and 8 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Brunswick Heads, 43.3% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 17.5% were separated or divorced, 9.7% were widowed and 28.3% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Brunswick Heads, 81.9% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Brunswick Heads were England 4.9%, New Zealand 2.2%, Germany 0.6%, Netherlands 0.5% and Philippines 0.5%.

Of all people counted in Brunswick Heads on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 27.1%, Catholic 21.3%, No Religion 18.5%, Uniting Church 8.9% and Presbyterian & Reformed 3.7%.

On Census Night 2001 in Brunswick Heads, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were German 0.5%, Mandarin 0.3%, Italian 0.3%, Tagalog (Filipino) 0.3% and Netherlandic 0.2%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 93.4% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 668 people aged 15 years and over in Brunswick Heads were in the labour force. Of these 44.2% worked full-time, 34.9% worked part-time, 3.3% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 17.7% were unemployed. 832 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Brunswick Heads, the most common responses for occupation were Tradespersons and Related Workers 5.7%, Labourers and Related Workers 5.5%, Associate Professionals 5.2%, Professionals 4.8%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.4%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.1%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 3.0%, Managers and Administrators 2.2% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.3%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Brunswick Heads, the most common responses for industry of employment included Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 3.5%, Food Retailing 3.1%, Education 2.3%, Business Services 2.2% and Personal and Household Good Retailing 1.9%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Brunswick Heads, 440 families were counted: of these, 42.0% were couple families without children, 27.5% were couple families with children, 28.6% were one parent families and 1.8% were other families.

Dwelling structure

Dwellings include visitor only and other not-classifiable households unless otherwise stated

On Census Night 2001 in Brunswick Heads, 908 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Brunswick Heads, 47.4% were separate houses, 2.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 24.7% were flats, units or apartments and 25.1% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Brunswick Heads, 38.9% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 10.0% were being purchased and 44.4% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Brunswick Heads, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 52.1% were rented from a real estate agent, 8.4% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 37.0% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Brunswick Heads, 48.0% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 39.0% were single (or lone) person households and 3.3% were group households.