Brushgrove

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 334 people in Brushgrove of these 54.8% were male and 45.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Brushgrove was 52 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.1% of the population.

Of people in Brushgrove aged 15 years and over, 51.3% were married and 17.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Brushgrove was 58 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Brushgrove, of people aged 15 years and over, 49.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Brushgrove was 59 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 48 years.

In Brushgrove 22.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.7% were in primary school, 28.0% in secondary school and 20.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Brushgrove were Australian 40.2%, English 30.2%, Scottish 8.2%, Irish 6.9% and German 3.6%.

In Brushgrove, 92.8% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were New Zealand 2.4%, England 2.1% and Netherlands 1.5%.

In Brushgrove, 80.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 11.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Brushgrove were Anglican 25.7%, No Religion 22.4%, Catholic 19.4%, Presbyterian and Reformed 14.6% and Uniting Church 7.2%.

In Brushgrove 98.8% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Dutch 1.2%.

Employment

There were 150 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Brushgrove. Of these 50.7% were employed full time, 35.3% were employed part-time and 6.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Brushgrove, 13.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Brushgrove was 52 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Brushgrove included Managers 17.1%, Labourers 16.4%, Professionals 14.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 14.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.0%, Sales Workers 9.3% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.1%.

Of the employed people in Brushgrove, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 7.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.8%, School Education 5.8%, Residential Care Services 5.8% and Road Freight Transport 5.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Brushgrove was $435.

In Brushgrove, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 51.4%, Truck 6.5%, Walked only 6.5% and Car, as passenger 5.1%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 57.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Brushgrove, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.7% provided care for children and 23.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 26.5% 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 Brushgrove, 26.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 19.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Brushgrove, 29.8% were couple families with children, 52.1% were couple families without children and 18.1% were one parent families.

In Brushgrove 25.0% of single parents were male and 75.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Brushgrove, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,375 and those without children was $1,292.

Employment status of couple families

In Brushgrove, of couple families with children, 15.6% had both partners employed full-time, 5.2% had both employed part-time and 16.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Brushgrove, 91.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Brushgrove, 97.8% were separate houses, 2.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Brushgrove, of occupied private dwellings 6.7% had 1 bedroom, 16.3% had 2 bedrooms and 47.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Brushgrove, 54.1% were owned outright, 29.6% were owned with a mortgage and 16.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Brushgrove, of all households, 71.1% were family households, 25.9% were single person households and 3.0% were group households.

In Brushgrove, 33.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.2% 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 Brushgrove, 38.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 19.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Brushgrove, there were 10 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 10 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 19 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 Brushgrove, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $350.

In Brushgrove, 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.