Brookhampton

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 339 people in Brookhampton of these 52.8% were male and 47.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Brookhampton was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.4% of the population.

Of people in Brookhampton aged 15 years and over, 60.0% were married and 8.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Brookhampton was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 42 years.

In Brookhampton, of people aged 15 years and over, 59.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Brookhampton was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In Brookhampton 22.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 42.1% were in primary school, 17.1% in secondary school and 10.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Brookhampton were Australian 32.6%, English 30.7%, Scottish 9.6%, Irish 7.1% and Italian 2.9%.

In Brookhampton, 79.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.9%, New Zealand 2.4%, Italy 1.2%, Northern Ireland 1.2% and Scotland 1.2%.

In Brookhampton, 64.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 21.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Brookhampton were No Religion 38.3%, Anglican 24.2%, Catholic 16.8%, Uniting Church 7.4% and Christian, nfd 1.8%.

In Brookhampton 93.2% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Danish 1.2%, German 0.9% and Serbian 0.9%.

Employment

There were 180 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Brookhampton. Of these 64.4% were employed full time, 28.3% were employed part-time and 0.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Brookhampton, 8.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 53.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Brookhampton was 50 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Brookhampton included Managers 25.7%, Professionals 16.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.8%, Labourers 16.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 3.4% and Sales Workers 3.4%.

Of the employed people in Brookhampton, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 11.1%, Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 5.6%, School Education 5.6%, Hospitals 5.6% and Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 3.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Brookhampton was $572.

In Brookhampton, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 54.7%, Car, as passenger 8.4%, Bus 2.2%, Car as driver, motorbike/scooter 2.2% and Motorbike/scooter 1.7%. On the day, 1.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 65.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Brookhampton, of people aged 15 years and over, 80.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.3% provided care for children and 10.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.3% 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 Brookhampton, 24.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Brookhampton, 44.8% were couple families with children, 49.0% were couple families without children and 6.2% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Brookhampton, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,549 and those without children was $1,833.

Employment status of couple families

In Brookhampton, of couple families with children, 22.2% had both partners employed full-time, 7.8% 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 Brookhampton, 73.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 26.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Brookhampton, 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 Brookhampton, of occupied private dwellings 6.6% had 1 bedroom, 11.6% had 2 bedrooms and 45.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Brookhampton, 43.1% were owned outright, 37.4% were owned with a mortgage and 19.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Brookhampton, of all households, 77.7% were family households, 22.3% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Brookhampton, 21.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 9.7% 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 Brookhampton, 17.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 40.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Brookhampton, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 60 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 Brookhampton, 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 Brookhampton, 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.