Braitling

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 8,442 people in Braitling of these 49.9% were male and 50.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 23.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Braitling was 32 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 5.1% of the population.

Of people in Braitling aged 15 years and over, 39.8% were married and 12.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Braitling was 46 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Braitling, of people aged 15 years and over, 37.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 17.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Braitling was 46 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Braitling 34.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.4% were in primary school, 19.1% in secondary school and 12.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Braitling were Australian 30.7%, English 21.9%, Irish 6.8%, Australian Aboriginal 6.6% and Scottish 5.6%.

In Braitling, 74.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 2.6%, England 2.5%, India 1.7%, Philippines 1.4% and Zimbabwe 0.7%.

In Braitling, 66.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 22.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Braitling were No Religion 26.6%, Catholic 20.9%, Anglican 10.5%, Lutheran 8.3% and Uniting Church 5.2%.

In Braitling 74.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Arrernte, nec 1.8%, Warlpiri 1.1%, Malayalam 1.0%, Luritja 0.9% and Anmatyerr, nec 0.7%.

Employment

There were 4,379 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Braitling. Of these 70.7% were employed full time, 18.7% were employed part-time and 3.3% were unemployed.

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Of employed people in Braitling, 6.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 5.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Braitling was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The most common occupations in Braitling included Professionals 20.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 14.5%, Managers 11.8%, Sales Workers 8.3%, Labourers 7.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.0%.

Of the employed people in Braitling, the most common responses for industry of employment included State Government Administration 6.6%, School Education 6.6%, Hospitals 4.5%, Public Order and Safety Services 3.8% and Local Government Administration 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Braitling was $847.

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In Braitling, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 62.0%, Car, as passenger 7.5%, Walked only 5.5%, Bicycle 4.5% and Bus 2.0%. On the day, 2.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Braitling, of people aged 15 years and over, 67.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.4% provided care for children and 9.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.1% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Braitling, 26.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Braitling, 45.8% were couple families with children, 33.3% were couple families without children and 19.0% were one parent families.

In Braitling 13.4% of single parents were male and 86.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Braitling, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,451 and those without children was $2,277.

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Employment status of couple families

In Braitling, of couple families with children, 38.2% had both partners employed full-time, 2.9% had both employed part-time and 17.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Braitling, 87.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Braitling, 66.9% were separate houses, 6.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 17.9% were flats, units or apartments and 7.7% were other dwellings.

In Braitling, of occupied private dwellings 7.6% had 1 bedroom, 17.9% had 2 bedrooms and 46.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Braitling, 15.2% were owned outright, 39.2% were owned with a mortgage and 38.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Braitling, of all households, 69.7% were family households, 24.7% were single person households and 5.6% were group households.

In Braitling, 14.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 15.3% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

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Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

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Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

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Number of motor vehicles

In Braitling, 34.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 32.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 18.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Braitling, there were 1,942 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 920 (or 47.4%) were male and 1,022 (or 52.6%) were female. The median age was 24 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Braitling, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $975.

In Braitling, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $134 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,800.