Brookstead

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 305 people in Brookstead of these 50.5% were male and 49.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Brookstead was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.9% of the population.

Of people in Brookstead aged 15 years and over, 61.9% were married and 6.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Brookstead was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 20 years.

In Brookstead, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Brookstead was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 26 years.

In Brookstead 30.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 39.3% were in primary school, 38.2% in secondary school and 5.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Brookstead were Australian 43.1%, English 24.3%, Scottish 9.9%, German 8.2% and Irish 7.0%.

In Brookstead, 92.4% of people were born in Australia. The only other response for country of birth was New Zealand 2.0%.

In Brookstead, 90.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 5.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Brookstead were Anglican 32.3%, Catholic 23.1%, No Religion 8.3%, Presbyterian and Reformed 7.6% and Lutheran 5.9%.

In Brookstead 96.7% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 154 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Brookstead. Of these 64.9% were employed full time, 24.0% were employed part-time and 2.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Brookstead, 14.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 2.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 60.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Brookstead was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 51 years.

The most common occupations in Brookstead included Managers 45.3%, Labourers 15.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 13.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.7%, Professionals 7.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 6.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 2.0% and Sales Workers 2.0%.

Of the employed people in Brookstead, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 32.5%, Other Crop Growing 9.9%, School Education 6.6%, Road Freight Transport 5.3% and Dairy Cattle Farming 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Brookstead was $562.

In Brookstead, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 44.4%, Walked only 7.9%, Truck 4.6%, Car, as passenger 4.0% and Train, car as driver 2.6%. On the day, 2.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 50.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Brookstead, of people aged 15 years and over, 77.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 37.4% provided care for children and 8.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 32.6% 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 Brookstead, 19.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 17.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Brookstead, 57.7% were couple families with children, 38.5% were couple families without children and 3.8% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Brookstead, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,750 and those without children was $1,333.

Employment status of couple families

In Brookstead, of couple families with children, 20.8% had both partners employed full-time, 5.2% had both employed part-time and 23.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Brookstead, 78.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 21.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Brookstead, 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 Brookstead, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 10.4% had 2 bedrooms and 40.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Brookstead, 44.2% were owned outright, 16.8% were owned with a mortgage and 35.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Brookstead, of all households, 83.7% were family households, 16.3% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Brookstead, 22.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 14.4% 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 Brookstead, 25.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 35.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Brookstead, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 3 (or 100.0%) 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 Brookstead, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,125.

In Brookstead, 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.