Brookton

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 935 people in Brookton of these 50.6% were male and 49.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 9.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Brookton was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 23.2% of the population.

Of people in Brookton aged 15 years and over, 54.9% were married and 10.2% were either divorced or separated.

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

In Brookton, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Brookton was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Brookton 21.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 40.4% were in primary school, 18.2% in secondary school and 4.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Brookton were Australian 41.6%, English 34.1%, Scottish 6.2%, Irish 4.1% and German 1.8%.

In Brookton, 83.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.2%, New Zealand 1.9%, Netherlands 0.9%, Scotland 0.5% and South Africa 0.5%.

In Brookton, 74.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Brookton were Anglican 26.1%, No Religion 25.7%, Catholic 12.9%, Uniting Church 12.8% and Christian, nfd 4.0%.

In Brookton 92.3% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Dutch 0.3%, Italian 0.3% and Indonesian 0.3%.

Employment

There were 423 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Brookton. Of these 59.6% were employed full time, 27.2% were employed part-time and 4.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Brookton, 7.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 55.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Brookton was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 52 years.

The most common occupations in Brookton included Managers 41.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.8%, Labourers 9.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 8.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.5%, Professionals 7.0% and Sales Workers 6.0%.

Of the employed people in Brookton, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 37.8%, School Education 6.2%, Residential Care Services 5.7%, Local Government Administration 4.2% and Specialised Food Retailing 2.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Brookton was $458.

In Brookton, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 44.3%, Walked only 9.7%, Other 4.2%, Car, as passenger 2.7% and Truck 1.7%. On the day, 0.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 46.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Brookton, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.3% 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, 30.8% 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 Brookton, 20.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Brookton, 41.9% were couple families with children, 49.6% were couple families without children and 7.2% were one parent families.

In Brookton 33.3% of single parents were male and 66.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Brookton, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,650 and those without children was $1,390.

Employment status of couple families

In Brookton, of couple families with children, 19.9% had both partners employed full-time, 4.7% had both employed part-time and 23.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Brookton, 71.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 28.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Brookton, 91.7% were separate houses, 6.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 1.8% were other dwellings.

In Brookton, of occupied private dwellings 3.6% had 1 bedroom, 19.0% had 2 bedrooms and 44.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Brookton, 45.6% were owned outright, 20.4% were owned with a mortgage and 27.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Brookton, of all households, 69.6% were family households, 29.2% were single person households and 1.2% were group households.

In Brookton, 33.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.9% 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 Brookton, 24.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 32.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 32.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Brookton, there were 93 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 47 (or 50.5%) were male and 46 (or 49.5%) were female. The median age was 23 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 Brookton, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $700.

In Brookton, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $90 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,200.