Brownlow Hill

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 364 people in Brownlow Hill of these 45.9% were male and 54.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Brownlow Hill was 29 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.1% of the population.

Of people in Brownlow Hill aged 15 years and over, 50.8% were married and 5.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Brownlow Hill was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Brownlow Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 4.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Brownlow Hill was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 47 years.

In Brownlow Hill 42.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 15.6% were in primary school, 7.8% in secondary school and 48.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Brownlow Hill were Australian 26.5%, English 25.9%, Italian 7.2%, Scottish 6.5% and Irish 6.5%.

In Brownlow Hill, 66.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.7%, New Zealand 3.3%, Pakistan 2.7%, Bhutan 2.2% and Italy 1.4%.

In Brownlow Hill, 52.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 32.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Brownlow Hill were Catholic 26.2%, Anglican 21.8%, No Religion 18.7%, Uniting Church 7.4% and Islam 3.9%.

In Brownlow Hill 75.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Urdu 3.0%, Mandarin 2.5%, Other Southern Asian Languages 2.2%, French 1.4% and Spanish 1.1%.

Employment

There were 184 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Brownlow Hill. Of these 54.3% were employed full time, 35.3% were employed part-time and 3.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Brownlow Hill, 22.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Brownlow Hill was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 28 years.

The most common occupations in Brownlow Hill included Technicians and Trades Workers 21.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.6%, Professionals 16.5%, Managers 10.2%, Sales Workers 10.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.5% and Labourers 6.2%.

Of the employed people in Brownlow Hill, the most common responses for industry of employment included Tertiary Education 7.3%, School Education 6.2%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.5%, Road Freight Transport 4.5% and Automotive Repair and Maintenance 4.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Brownlow Hill was $522.

In Brownlow Hill, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.4%, Car, as passenger 3.4%, Truck 2.9%, Motorbike/scooter 2.3% and Train, bus, car as passenger 1.7%. On the day, 3.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Brownlow Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.8% provided care for children and 10.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.4% 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 Brownlow Hill, 24.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Brownlow Hill, 53.7% were couple families with children, 39.0% were couple families without children and 7.3% were one parent families.

In Brownlow Hill 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Brownlow Hill, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,463 and those without children was $1,799.

Employment status of couple families

In Brownlow Hill, of couple families with children, 26.9% had both partners employed full-time, 5.1% had both employed part-time and 24.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Brownlow Hill, 96.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 3.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Brownlow Hill, 83.5% were separate houses, 2.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 13.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Brownlow Hill, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 10.6% had 2 bedrooms and 26.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.8. The average household size was 3.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Brownlow Hill, 34.0% were owned outright, 24.3% were owned with a mortgage and 38.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Brownlow Hill, of all households, 80.6% were family households, 2.9% were single person households and 16.5% were group households.

In Brownlow Hill, 20.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 22.1% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

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.

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.

Number of motor vehicles

In Brownlow Hill, 16.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 26.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 51.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Brownlow Hill, there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 0 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 Brownlow Hill, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Brownlow Hill, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.