Brooklands

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 268 people in Brooklands of these 49.3% were male and 50.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Brooklands was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 20.6% of the population.

Of people in Brooklands aged 15 years and over, 57.5% were married and 11.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Brooklands was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 31 years.

In Brooklands, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Brooklands was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Brooklands 23.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 40.0% were in primary school, 24.6% in secondary school and 15.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Brooklands were Australian 40.6%, English 27.2%, Irish 8.9%, Scottish 7.8% and German 5.3%.

In Brooklands, 85.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.3%, New Zealand 1.5%, Scotland 1.5%, United States of America 1.5% and Philippines 1.1%.

In Brooklands, 81.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Brooklands were Catholic 22.4%, No Religion 19.0%, Anglican 16.8%, Uniting Church 10.1% and Lutheran 4.5%.

In Brooklands 94.4% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Filipino 1.1%.

Employment

There were 139 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Brooklands. Of these 54.7% were employed full time, 32.4% were employed part-time and 8.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Brooklands, 9.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 13.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Brooklands was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Brooklands included Managers 31.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.8%, Labourers 14.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.2%, Sales Workers 8.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.2% and Professionals 5.5%.

Of the employed people in Brooklands, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 12.5%, School Education 5.5%, Dairy Cattle Farming 4.7%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.7% and Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Brooklands was $343.

In Brooklands, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 52.8%, Walked only 7.1%, Car, as passenger 6.3%, Motorbike/scooter 3.1% and Motorbike/scooter, other 3.1%. 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 62.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Brooklands, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.1% provided care for children and 12.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 24.9% 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 Brooklands, 21.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 19.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Brooklands, 38.0% were couple families with children, 46.8% were couple families without children and 11.4% were one parent families.

In Brooklands 50.0% of single parents were male and 50.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Brooklands, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,833 and those without children was $1,292.

Employment status of couple families

In Brooklands, of couple families with children, 27.7% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 18.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Brooklands, 68.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 31.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Brooklands, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Brooklands, of occupied private dwellings 3.0% had 1 bedroom, 19.2% had 2 bedrooms and 48.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Brooklands, 44.3% were owned outright, 38.1% were owned with a mortgage and 14.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Brooklands, of all households, 80.8% were family households, 16.2% were single person households and 3.0% were group households.

In Brooklands, 31.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.3% 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 Brooklands, 28.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 33.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Brooklands, there were 7 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 42.9%) were male and 4 (or 57.1%) were female. The median age was 39 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 Brooklands, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Brooklands, 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.