Brunswick Heads

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,450 people in Brunswick Heads of these 46.7% were male and 53.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Brunswick Heads was 50 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 23.0% of the population.

Of people in Brunswick Heads aged 15 years and over, 34.6% were married and 24.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Brunswick Heads was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 37 years.

In Brunswick Heads, of people aged 15 years and over, 35.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Brunswick Heads was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Brunswick Heads 29.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.3% were in primary school, 19.4% in secondary school and 14.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Brunswick Heads were English 31.3%, Australian 24.6%, Irish 12.7%, Scottish 8.4% and German 3.6%.

In Brunswick Heads, 76.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.2%, New Zealand 2.0%, Germany 1.0%, United States of America 0.6% and China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 0.3%.

In Brunswick Heads, 66.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 19.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Brunswick Heads were No Religion 30.7%, Catholic 18.0%, Anglican 17.6%, Uniting Church 6.3% and Buddhism 3.0%.

In Brunswick Heads 90.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Portuguese 0.3%, German 0.3%, Spanish 0.3%, Dutch 0.2% and Danish 0.2%.

Employment

There were 603 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Brunswick Heads. Of these 39.8% were employed full time, 44.1% were employed part-time and 10.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Brunswick Heads, 16.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 16.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 29.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Brunswick Heads was 49 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Brunswick Heads included Professionals 19.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 15.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.4%, Managers 11.5%, Labourers 10.7%, Sales Workers 8.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.5%.

Of the employed people in Brunswick Heads, the most common responses for industry of employment included Accommodation 5.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.4%, School Education 4.8%, Local Government Administration 3.1% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Brunswick Heads was $439.

In Brunswick Heads, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 58.5%, Walked only 7.8%, Car, as passenger 4.1%, Bicycle 2.8% and Motorbike/scooter 0.7%. On the day, 0.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 62.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Brunswick Heads, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.0% 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, 25.9% 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 Brunswick Heads, 27.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Brunswick Heads, 29.1% were couple families with children, 39.4% were couple families without children and 30.4% were one parent families.

In Brunswick Heads 13.0% of single parents were male and 87.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Brunswick Heads, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,795 and those without children was $1,416.

Employment status of couple families

In Brunswick Heads, of couple families with children, 10.4% had both partners employed full-time, 8.7% had both employed part-time and 15.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Brunswick Heads, 83.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 16.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Brunswick Heads, 55.0% were separate houses, 10.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 24.7% were flats, units or apartments and 9.6% were other dwellings.

In Brunswick Heads, of occupied private dwellings 12.4% had 1 bedroom, 26.6% had 2 bedrooms and 34.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.6. The average household size was 2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Brunswick Heads, 33.5% were owned outright, 13.6% were owned with a mortgage and 42.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Brunswick Heads, of all households, 53.1% were family households, 41.2% were single person households and 5.6% were group households.

In Brunswick Heads, 45.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.2% 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 Brunswick Heads, 46.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 25.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 9.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Brunswick Heads, there were 36 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 15 (or 41.7%) were male and 21 (or 58.3%) were female. The median age was 31 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 Brunswick Heads, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $900.

In Brunswick Heads, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $340 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.