Brunswick West

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 13,148 people in Brunswick West of these 49.1% were male and 50.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Brunswick West was 34 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 13.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.2% of the population.

Of people in Brunswick West aged 15 years and over, 37.1% were married and 9.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Brunswick West was 44 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Brunswick West, of people aged 15 years and over, 37.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Brunswick West was 45 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Brunswick West 30.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 16.6% were in primary school, 11.6% in secondary school and 41.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Brunswick West were English 17.8%, Australian 16.7%, Italian 10.1%, Irish 8.6% and Scottish 5.9%.

In Brunswick West, 59.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Italy 4.3%, India 3.2%, Greece 3.0%, England 2.2% and China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.9%.

In Brunswick West, 38.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 49.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Brunswick West were No Religion 29.8%, Catholic 27.6%, Eastern Orthodox 8.4%, Islam 5.8% and Anglican 5.4%.

In Brunswick West 59.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 6.9%, Greek 6.2%, Arabic 3.0%, Mandarin 2.2% and Spanish 1.1%.

Employment

There were 7,492 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Brunswick West. Of these 61.0% were employed full time, 28.0% were employed part-time and 6.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Brunswick West, 10.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Brunswick West was 35 years and for people who were employed part-time was 33 years.

The most common occupations in Brunswick West included Professionals 34.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.5%, Managers 11.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.3%, Sales Workers 7.8%, Labourers 5.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.5%.

Of the employed people in Brunswick West, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 5.4%, Tertiary Education 5.2%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.2%, School Education 4.5% and Legal and Accounting Services 2.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Brunswick West was $651.

In Brunswick West, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 43.6%, Tram 17.0%, Bicycle 6.6%, Car, as passenger 3.3% and Walked only 2.6%. On the day, 27.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 47.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Brunswick West, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 19.5% provided care for children and 10.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.0% 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 Brunswick West, 26.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 6.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Brunswick West, 40.0% were couple families with children, 42.2% were couple families without children and 13.8% were one parent families.

In Brunswick West 16.3% of single parents were male and 83.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Brunswick West, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,669 and those without children was $2,227.

Employment status of couple families

In Brunswick West, of couple families with children, 24.5% had both partners employed full-time, 4.2% had both employed part-time and 21.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Brunswick West, 91.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Brunswick West, 44.2% were separate houses, 18.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 36.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.5% were other dwellings.

In Brunswick West, of occupied private dwellings 16.7% had 1 bedroom, 39.5% had 2 bedrooms and 30.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.4. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Brunswick West, 26.8% were owned outright, 24.7% were owned with a mortgage and 45.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Brunswick West, of all households, 55.6% were family households, 34.1% were single person households and 10.3% were group households.

In Brunswick West, 23.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 11.6% 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 Brunswick West, 45.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 25.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 7.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Brunswick West, there were 69 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 30 (or 43.5%) were male and 39 (or 56.5%) were female. The median age was 31 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 Brunswick West, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.3, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $949.

In Brunswick West, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $265 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $834.