Jane Brook

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,138 people in Jane Brook of these 50.0% were male and 50.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Jane Brook was 34 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 25.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 6.6% of the population.

Of people in Jane Brook aged 15 years and over, 60.7% were married and 8.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Jane Brook was 46 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Jane Brook, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Jane Brook was 45 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Jane Brook 32.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 39.6% were in primary school, 23.2% in secondary school and 16.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Jane Brook were English 32.5%, Australian 29.7%, Italian 5.9%, Scottish 5.6% and Irish 5.2%.

In Jane Brook, 75.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.7%, New Zealand 4.2%, South Africa 1.0%, Scotland 0.9% and Zimbabwe 0.8%.

In Jane Brook, 49.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 31.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Jane Brook were Catholic 30.8%, No Religion 24.8%, Anglican 21.3%, Christian, nfd 3.3% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.7%.

In Jane Brook 90.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 1.4%, Afrikaans 0.7%, Croatian 0.5%, Polish 0.5% and Punjabi 0.4%.

Employment

There were 1,780 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Jane Brook. Of these 62.9% were employed full time, 28.3% were employed part-time and 2.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Jane Brook, 11.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Jane Brook was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Jane Brook included Clerical and Administrative Workers 18.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.8%, Professionals 14.6%, Managers 11.0%, Sales Workers 10.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.6% and Labourers 7.6%.

Of the employed people in Jane Brook, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.4%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.8%, Road Freight Transport 3.6%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.5% and Public Order and Safety Services 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Jane Brook was $766.

In Jane Brook, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.5%, Car, as passenger 6.7%, Other 2.1%, Train 2.0% and Bus 1.7%. On the day, 7.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Jane Brook, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 40.9% provided care for children and 11.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.0% 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 Jane Brook, 30.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Jane Brook, 59.6% were couple families with children, 29.8% were couple families without children and 9.9% were one parent families.

In Jane Brook 20.9% of single parents were male and 79.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Jane Brook, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,468 and those without children was $2,225.

Employment status of couple families

In Jane Brook, of couple families with children, 23.6% had both partners employed full-time, 2.4% had both employed part-time and 28.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Jane Brook, 94.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Jane Brook, 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 Jane Brook, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 0.0% had 2 bedrooms and 13.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.9. The average household size was 3.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Jane Brook, 23.6% were owned outright, 64.7% were owned with a mortgage and 11.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Jane Brook, of all households, 88.9% were family households, 9.4% were single person households and 1.6% were group households.

In Jane Brook, 8.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 16.7% 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 Jane Brook, 18.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 49.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 30.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Jane Brook, there were 50 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 28 (or 56.0%) were male and 22 (or 44.0%) were female. The median age was 13 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 Jane Brook, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.9, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,666.

In Jane Brook, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $278 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,167.